[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Vedic Index of Names and Subjects](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912) › v2.c4.s9.1142 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.s9.1142 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.s9.1142 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c4.s9.1142](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s9.1142) Sthavira, literally ‘elder,’ is used as a sort of epithet of several men; Sthavira Śākalya occurs in the Aitareya Āraṇyaka¹ and the Śāṅkhāyana Āraṇyaka,² and Sthavira Jātūkarṇya in the Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇa.³ Cf. the names Hrasva and Dīrgha. - [Previous: v2.c4.s9.1141](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s9.1141) - [Next: v2.c4.s9.1143](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s9.1143) - [Up: v2.c4.s9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s9) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s9.1142](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s9.1142) · Pramāṇa