sthavira (17406)

sthavira
Entry 17406, Page 609, Col. 2

(sTavira, sTavira)
sthavira¦ (cf. thera, sthera), (1) = Pali thera, Buddhist elder: Mvy 8733; Mv i.75.1; iii.268.6; sometimes in vss which suggest pronunciation as in MIndic (but, N.B., two shorts may replace a long), e.g. (in anuṣṭubh prior pādas) tataś ca Kāśyapa-sthaviraḥ Mv i.84.11, tataḥ Kātyāyanaḥ sthaviraḥ 17; common in most texts; (2) = Sthaviraka (2) (Pali Thera): Av ii.133.1; 136.7; 139.3; 140.3 (all prose), etc.; MSV i.194.1 ff. (also Sthavira- sthavira).

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