As a deity name
Name 54 of the Vishnu Sahasranāma — Mahabharata (Anushasana Parva), as taught by Bhishma to Yudhishthira on his deathbed
As a Hindi name
स्थविर · noun · masculine
वृद्ध । बुड्ढा । जैसे,—उनका प्रभाव स्थविर और युवा सब पर समान हुआ ।—अयोध्यसिंह (शब्द॰) · ब्रह्मा · वृद्ध और पूज्य बौद्ध भिक्षु — Śabdasāgara
स्थविर · adj
वृद्ध और पूज्य · स्थिर । दृढ़ । अचल (को॰) · पुरातन । प्राचीन (को॰) — Śabdasāgara
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
āī (cf. sthāvara, p. 1264) broad, thick, compact, solid, strong, powerful
Scripturally attested Verified derivationMultiple readings (2)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "sthavira" is the vocative of "sthavirā" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Gender counterpart
The kosha attests this stem in the feminine, the masculine, and the neuter — the same name serves without alteration.
Dictionary citations
sthavira ˚viṣṭha. See p. 1265.
sthavira . See p. 1265, col. 2.
sthavira mf(ā or ī)n. (cf. sthāvara, p. 1264) broad, thick, compact, solid, strong, powerful, RV.; AV.; Br.; MBh.; Hariv.
old, ancient, venerable (˚re kāle or bhāve, ‘in old age’), Br. &c. &c.
sthavira m. an old man, W.
sthavirā (ā), f. an old woman, MW.
a kind of plant, L.
Alternative readings
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