Sthiratva: 7 definitions
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchSthiratva (स्थिरत्व):—(wie eben) n.
1) Härte, Verhärtung [Suśruta 1, 270, 13.] doṣa [288, 13.] a [117, 16.] —
2) das Feststehen, Unbeweglichkeit: giriḥ sthiratve (zugleich Standhaftigkeit) [Mṛcchakaṭikā 50, 20.] —
3) Bestand, Beständigkeit: arthāḥ striyaśca naivāptabhāvamupayānti na ca sthiratvam [Spr. (II) 3131.] Standhaftigkeit [Mahābhārata 1, 5342.] [Suśruta 1, 130, 1.] [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 69, 8.] a Unbeständigkeit: einer Person [MAITRYUP. 3, 5.] strībuddheḥ [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 8, 77.]
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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Ends with: Asthiratva.
Full-text: Asthiratva, Sthirata, Tirattuvam, Nityatva, Sthavara.
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Nitiprakasika (Critical Analysis) (by S. Anusha)
The Tattvasangraha [with commentary] (by Ganganatha Jha)
Verse 1786 < [Chapter 21 - Examination of the doctrine of ‘Traikālya’]
Verse 1784-1785 < [Chapter 20 - Examination of Syādvāda (doctrine)]