a. (compar. sthavīyas, su- perl. sthaviṣṭha) 1 Large, great, big, bulky, huge; bahuspṛśāpi sthūlena sthī- yate bahiraśmavat Śi. 2. 78 (where it has sense 6 also; sthūlahastāvalepān Me. 14, 106; R. 6. 28.

2 Fat, corpulent, stout.

3 Strong, power- ful; sthūlaṃ sthūlaṃ śvasiti K. ‘breathes hard’.

4 Thick, clumsy.

6 Gross, coarse, rough (fig. also); as in sthūlamānaṃ q. v.

6 Foolish, doltish, silly, ignorant....