The History of Indian Literature c9.429

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c9.429

[^asterisk]: The aged were called *sthavira*, a word not unfrequently added to a proper name in the Brahmanical Sútras to distinguish a particular person from younger namesakes : points of connection herewith are to be found in the Bráhmaṇas also. [Regarding the winter season, see Childers, *Páli Dict.*, *s. v.* vasso.]

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