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स्थेर (sthera)

 
Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid
English
sthera (= sthavira, cf. thera
Pali thera), old
an elder: sthero na tāvatā bhavati (pronounce bhoti) Ud 〔xi.11〕 (required by meter
later v.l. sthaviro, unmetr)
sthero ti ucyate 〔xi.12〕 (later v.l. sthavira ucyate, where meter is preserved by omitting the MIndic ti = iti). The first of these corresp. to Pali Dhp. 〔260〕 na tena thero hoti, where meter requires either thaviro, or with vv.ll. bhavati, or so hoti.