स्थविर

Reflects Proto-Indo-European *stéwh₂ros, metathesized from *stéh₂uros, but with aspiration presumedly transferred from zero-grade forms in *sth₂u- of the original stem *steh₂-w-, of which *stewh₂- is a metathetic variant (*स्तविर (stavira) would otherwise be expected). Related to स्थूर (sthūra, “strong, thick”); see there for more.^[1]

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /stʰɐ́.ʋi.ɾɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈs̪t̪ʰɐ.ʋi.ɾɐ/

स्थविर • (sthávira) stem

1. broad, thick
2. compact, solid
3. strong, powerful (RV., AV., Br., MBh., Hariv.)
4. old, ancient, venerable (Br. etc.)

स्थविर • (sthávira) stem, m

1. an old man (W.)

   Coordinate term: स्थविरा (sthavirā, “old woman”)

2. (Buddhism) an Elder (title of the oldest and most venerable Bhikṣus) (MWB. pg. 184, 255 etc.)
3. an epithet of Brahmā (L.)
4. (in the plural) name of a school (sect) (Buddh.)

   आर्यस्थाविर ― Āryasthāvira ― (name of a particular Buddhist sect)

स्थविर • (sthávira) stem, n

1. benzoin (L.)

• स्थविरवाद (sthaviravāda)

• Pali: thera

• Monier Williams (1899) “स्थविर”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1265, column 2.