The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

DhA iv.176. Always in connection with tasa, contrasting or comprising the movable creation (animal
world) & the immovable (vegetable world), e. g. Sn 394 ("sabbesu bh(tesu nidh!ya da*.a' ye th!var! ye
ca tasanti loke"); It 32 (tasa' v! th!vara' v!). See tasa for ref.
Th!vara
Th!vara2 (nt.) [from thavira=thera, old] old age PvA 149 (th!vari -- ji**a in expl. of ther", otherwise jar! --
ji**a. Should we read th!vira -- ji**a?).
Th!variya
Th!variya (nt.) [fr. th!vara] immobility, firmness, security, solidity, an undisturbed state; always in
janapada˚ an appeased country, as one of the blessings of the reign of a Cakkavattin. Expld at DA i.250 as
"janapadesu dhuvabh!va' th!varabh!va' v! patto na sakk! kenaci c!letu'." D i.88; ii.16, 146, 169; S i.100;
Sn p. 106; It 15.
Th!vareyya
Th!vareyya (nt.) [from th!vara2] the rank of a Thera. A i.38; ii.23. This has nothing to do with seniority. It
is quite clear from the context that Thera is to be taken here in the secondary sense explained under Thera.
He was a bhikkhu so eminently useful to the community that his fellow bhikkhus called him Thera.
Th!sotu˚
Th!sotu˚ in th!sotujana savana at ThA 61 according to Morris, J.P.T.S. 1884, 81 it is to be read &h!naso tu
jana˚.
Thika
Thika (adj.) [cp. Sk. sty!yate to congeal, form a (solid) mass; see cognates under th"na & cp. theva]
dropping, forming drops: madhutthika J iii.493; vi.529 (=madhu' paggharantiyo madhutthevasadis! p. 530)
"dropping honey."
Thi**a
Thi**a pp. of tharati, only in cpds. parivi˚, vi˚.
Thira
Thira (adj.) [Vedic sthira, hard, solid; from sth! or Idg. ster (der. of st!) to stand out=to be stiff; cp. Gr.
stereo/s; Lat. sterilis (sterile=hardened, cp. Sk. star"); Ohg. storr/n, Nhg. starr & starren, E. stare; also Lat.
strenuus] solid, hard, firm; strenuous, powerful J i.220; iv.106 (=da)ha); Miln 194 (thir -- âthira -- bh!va
strength or weakness); VvA 212 (id.), 35 (= th!mavant); Sdhp 321.
Thirat!
Thirat! (f.) [fr. thira] steadfastness, stability DhA iv.176 (thirat!ya thavar!; so read for &hira˚).
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