Das: 1) Skrt: Sthavira. lit. "firm in his place," an elder, a Buddhist monk of the Sthavira school. 2) dashamisya. [arrived at the 10th decade of life, above ninety years old]. But cheifly the 16 famous Sthavira or elders {gnas brten bcu drug}: see infra} who severally preached Buddhist doctrine in the various mythical islands and continents of the Buddhist cosmogony. A very late tradition assets that they were invited to China by the Princess Wun-shing Konjo daughter of Emperor Than-ju. [mss]