Sthavira
{gnas brtan 'phags pa'i rigs yin par smra bas der grags la/ sde pa de ni pi shA tshi sha za'i skad/ mkhan po smyig ma mkhan gyi rigs mtha' 'khob 'dul ba'i mchog ka tA ya na/ snam phran lnga nas nyer gcig man la rtags dung/ ming 'byung gnas dang go cha'i mtha' can/ grub mtha' sangs rgyas legs sbyar ma gsungs pa dang/ 'gog snyoms la sems yod pa dang/ log shes med pa dang/ grangs med bcu yan dang sum cu man gang rung gis 'tshang rgya ba sogs 'dod do} one of {sde pa bco brgyad} Sthavira, one of {rtsa ba'i sde bzhi}, a shravaka school, divided into ten sects. one of the four main schools of Vinaya in India. a basic Shravaka school [split into ten sects, see Mipham Rinpoche's {grub mtha' 'sdus pa} one of the {rtsa ba'i sde bzhi} of sravakayana, one of the four major schools of Vinaya
Sthavira- School of the Elders, one of the earliest Buddhist schools, usually contrasted to the Mahasamghika