sTavira
sthavira ( cf. thera, sthera ), ( 1 ) = Pali thera, Buddhist elder : Mvy 8733 ; Mv i.75.1 ; iii.268.6 ; sometimes in vss which suggest pronunciation as in MIndic (but, N.B. , two shorts may replace a long), e.g. (in anuṣṭubh prior pādas) tataś ca Kāśyapa-sthaviraḥ Mv i.84.11 , tataḥ Kātyāyanaḥ sthaviraḥ 17; common in most texts; ( 2 ) = Sthaviraka (2) ( Pali Thera): Av ii.133.1 ; 136.7 ; 139.3 ; 140.3 (all prose), etc. ; MSV i.194.1 ff. (also Sthavirasthavira).