Sthavara, Sthāvara: 26 definitions
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchSthāvara (स्थावर):—(von 1. sthā)
1) adj. (f. ā) [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 3, 2, 175.] [Vopadeva’s Grammatik 26, 156.] a) stehend, am Orte verweilend, unbeweglich [Amarakoṣa 3, 2, 23.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 1454.] Wasser [Taittirīyasaṃhitā 6, 4, 2, 3. 7, 4, 13, 1.] [The Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 4, 4, 5, 10.] [Kāṭhaka-Recension 29, 3.] [Yāska’s Nirukta 2, 15.] viś (Gegens. apakrāmin) [The Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 5, 3, 4, 14.] jaṅgamāni [Śāṅkhāyana’s Gṛhyasūtrāṇi 4, 9.] gulmaiḥ jaṅgamaiḥ [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 9, 266.] [Kumārasaṃbhava 6, 58. 73.] unbewegliches Gut [Yājñavalkya’s Gesetzbuch 2, 176.] [DĀYABH. 124. fgg.] Insbes. von der Pflanzenwelt [Aitareyopaniṣad 5, 3.] lokasya sthāvarasya carasya ca [ŚVETĀŚV. Upakośā 3, 18.] [CŪLIKOP.] in [Weber’s Indische Studien 9, 19. fg.] [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 1, 40. fg. 46. 5, 28. 7, 15. 11, 240. 12, 42.] [Mahābhārata 1, 7642. 7691. 2, 12773. 12, 261. 13, 1713.] [Rāmāyaṇa 2, 35, 5.] akarmāṇo hi jīvanti sthāvarā netare janāḥ [Spr. (II) 1555. 2320. 2381. 6071. 6911.] [Suśruta 1, 4, 3.] mit den vier Arten vanaspati, vṛkṣa, vīrudh, oṣadhi 15. sthāvarotpatti [?111,5. Raghuvaṃśa.2,44. Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 15,19. 34,12. 14. 99,8. WEBER, Rāmatāpanīya Upaniṣad 351. Oxforder Handschriften 82,b,15. Mārkāṇḍeyapurāṇa.8,146. Bhāgavatapurāṇa.5,11,14.6,10,8.7,6,20. zu Bṛhadāranyakopaniṣad S. 10. fg. Inschr. in Journ. of the Am. Or. S.7,8, Śloka 28. SARVADARŚANAS. 33,2. 35,9. fgg.] viṣa vegetabilisches Gift [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 1199.] [Oxforder Handschriften 314,b,12.] [Weber’s Verzeichniss No. 963.] [Suśruta.2,251,9. fgg.] snehāḥ [1, 184, 7. 2, 174, 9.] [Śārṅgadhara SAṂH. 3, 1, 2.] tiṣṭha tvaṃ sthāvara iva wie ein Baum [Mahābhārata 3, 2613.] saṃpede niśceṣṭaḥ sthāvarākṛtiḥ [Kathāsaritsāgara 73, 128.] — b) fest, beständig, keinem Wandel unterworfen: sthāna [Rāmāyaṇa 7, 30, 34.] tapas [Harivaṃśa 11220.] sthāvarātmavant [3959.] —
2) m. Berg [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa 2, 3, 1.] [Śabdaratnāvalī im Śabdakalpadruma] [Bhagavadgītā 10, 25.] [Kumārasaṃbhava 6. 67.] rāja Bez. des Himālaya [3, 52.] —
3) f. ā Nomen proprium einer Göttin (mahāpṛthivīdevatā) [Rgva tch’er rol pa ed. Calc. 403, 13. 20.] —
4) n. a) Bogensehne [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa 2, 8, 50.] — b) Bestand [Spr. (II) 812.] sthiratva v. l.; man könnte sthāvira vermuthen.
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Sthāvara (स्थावर):—
1) a) trasānāṃ sthāvarāṇāṃ ca [Hemacandra] [Yogaśāstra 1, 20.]
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Starts with (+7): Stavaracottu, Stavaram, Sthavara-sampatti, Sthavaradevapratishthavidhi, Sthavaradi, Sthavaragarala, Sthavarajangama, Sthavarajindagi, Sthavarajiva, Sthavaraka, Sthavarakalpa, Sthavarakriti, Sthavaralinga, Sthavaranamakarma, Sthavaranem, Sthavarapranapratishtha, Sthavarapratishtha, Sthavararaja, Sthavararajakanya, Sthavarasthavara.
Ends with: Asthavara, Jyeshthavara, Sthavarasthavara, Sthirasthavara, Trasasthavara, Upasthavara.
Full-text (+199): Jangama, Sthavarata, Asthavara, Sthavaratva, Sthasnu, Sthavaradi, Sthavarajangama, Sthavarasthavara, Sthavaralinga, Sthavaravisha, Udbhijja, Sthavaranamakarma, Sthavararajakanya, Shaivalya, Sthavararaja, Prarohin, Sthavarakalpa, Shipalya, Sthavaragarala, Thavara.
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Tattvartha Sutra (with commentary) (by Vijay K. Jain)
Verse 2.13 - One-sensed beings (sthāvara) < [Chapter 2 - Category of the Living]
Verse 2.12 - Another classification of transmigrating souls < [Chapter 2 - Category of the Living]
Verse 2.14 - The ‘trasa’ beings < [Chapter 2 - Category of the Living]
Manusmriti with the Commentary of Medhatithi (by Ganganatha Jha)
Verse 1.46 < [Section XXV - The Viviparous, Oviparous, Sweat-born and Vegetable Beings]
Verse 1.40 < [Section XXIV - Creation of Insects and Reptiles and Immovable Things]
Verse 12.42-44 < [Section VIII - States of Existence due to the Three Qualities]
Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu (by Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī)
Verse 1.1.28 < [Part 1 - Qualities of Pure Bhakti (bhagavad-bhakti-bheda)]
The Concept of Sharira as Prameya (by Elizabeth T. Jones)
Classification of Śarīra < [Chapter 5]
Sushruta Samhita, Volume 5: Kalpasthana (by Kaviraj Kunja Lal Bhishagratna)
Thirty minor Upanishads (by K. Narayanasvami Aiyar)
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