vfdDAnta
vṛddhānta , m. (not noted in Pali ), elderʼs end or place , in an assembly of monks; opp. navānta , q.v. : °taḥ Mvy 8743 = Tib. rgan rims (so also Das ; but read rim ?); usually °te, foll. by a form of sthā, Divy 43.26 (°te sthitāni); 85.21 ; 180.17 ; 306.17 ; 349.26 (°te praṇāmaṃ kṛtvā yāvan navāntaṃ gatvā …); 384.28 ; 400.13 (°te niṣasāda); 404.19 ; Av ii.87.5 (°te niṣādayitvā); Bbh 122.17 (see upādāya , 2b); MSV ii.84.7 .