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Sthavika means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionarySthavika (स्थविक).—m., °kā (compare Pali thavikā; MW cites Sanskrit Lex. sthavi, sack, bag, which is not in [Boehtlingk and Roth] or [Boehtlingk]), recep- tacle, holder, bag: pātra-sthavika (so Index, text °sthapika), = Pali pattatthavikā, bag for carrying the begging-bowl, Mahāvyutpatti 8951; kolāhala-sth° Mahāvyutpatti 9004, see s.v. kolāhala; °kā Mūla-Sarvāstivāda-Vinaya ii.126.2; -bhaiṣajya-sthavikāś (could be m. or fem.), medicine-bag(s), in a dvandva [compound], Divyāvadāna 475.21. Tibetan snod, receptacle, that which holds anything ([Tibetan-English Dictionary]); see poṇika, a synonym.
Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
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