Sthavira, Sthāvira, Sthavirā: 21 definitions
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchSthavira (स्थविर):—
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Sthāvira (स्थाविर):—(von sthavira)
1) n. vorgerücktes Alter gaṇa yuvādi zu [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher.5,1,130.] [Amarakoṣa.2,6,1,40.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 340.] [LĀṬY.8,6,4.] [Spr. (II) 4067.] [Mahābhārata.3,13351.] [Oxforder Handschriften 216,a,21.] [Nīlakaṇṭha 122.] —
2) adj. senilis: kāla oder bhāva [Spr. (II) 4067, v. l.] — [BURNOUF,] [Intr. 447] fehlerhaft für sthavira .
Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
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Starts with: Staviramatam, Stavirar, Sthavira-kalpin, Sthaviradaru, Sthaviradyuti, Sthaviragatha, Sthaviraka, Sthavirakaundinya, Sthaviranikaya, Sthavirasana, Sthavirasanaka, Sthavirasthavira, Sthavirata, Sthaviravada, Sthaviravali, Sthaviravalicarita, Sthaviraya, Sthavirayus.
Ends with: Aryasthavira, Dharmasthavira, Mahasthavira, Sanghasthavira, Sthavirasthavira.
Full-text (+53): Aryasthavira, Sthaviradyuti, Mahasthavira, Mahagiri, Nagasena, Sthavirasthavira, Sthaviradaru, Sthaviragatha, Thera, Sthavirya, Sangha-sthavira, Anupamarakshita, Theri, Theriya, Jambusvamin, Jinakalpa, Thavira, Samantapushpa, Sterar, Dharmasthavira.
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Rig Veda (translation and commentary) (by H. H. Wilson)
Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra (by Gelongma Karma Migme Chödrön)
The Viśeṣacinti-brahma-paripṛcchā-sūtra < [Part 3 - Outshining the knowledge of all the Śrāvakas and Pratyekabuddhas]
Appendix 2 - The complaint of Rāhula to the Buddha < [Chapter IV - Explanation of the Word Bhagavat]
Conditions note (1): The system in the canonical sūtras < [Part 1 - Understanding the Conditions (pratyaya)]
Kalpa-sutra (Lives of the Jinas) (by Hermann Jacobi)
Blue Annals (deb-ther sngon-po) (by George N. Roerich)
Chapter 5 - The division into eighteen schools (of the Doctrine of the Buddha) < [Book 1 - The beginning of the story of the Doctrine]
Chapter 2 - The Chapter on Potowa (po to ba) < [Book 5 - The Sovereign Lord (Atiśa)]
Chapter 3 - Defense of the Teaching by Ma Lotsawa, Zhama, and her brother < [Book 4 - New Traditions of Secret Mantra]
Manusmriti with the Commentary of Medhatithi (by Ganganatha Jha)
Verse 2.156 < [Section XXV - Meaning of the Title ‘Ācārya’]
Verse 2.120 < [Section XXIII - Rules regarding Salutation]
Dipavamsa (study) (by Sibani Barman)
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