aṃtarā ind. (
fr. aṃtara)
1 (Used adverbially) (
a) In the interior, inside, within, inwardly;
bhavadbhiraṃtarā protsāhya kopito vṛṣalaḥ Mu. 3 inwardly, secretly. (
b) In the middle, between;
triśaṃkurivāṃtarā tiṣṭha Ś. 2 stay between the two or in the mid-air;
mainamaṃtarā pratibadhnīta Ś. 6 do not interrupt him (in the middle);
akṣetre bījamutsṛṣṭamaṃtaraiva vinaśyati Ms. 10. 71 therein;
paśumaṃḍūkamārjāraśvasarpanakulākhubhiḥ . aṃtarā gamane 4. 126;
aṃtarā śakalīkṛtaḥ R. 15. 20;
lāṭī tu rītirvaidarbhīpāṃcālyoraṃtarā sthitā S. D. 629;
°rā sthā to oppose, to stand to oppose;
tatra yadyaṃtarā mṛtyuryadi seṃdrā divaukasaḥ . sthāsyaṃti tānapi raṇe kākutstho vihaniṣyati .. Rām. (
c) On the way,
en route, midway;
vilaṃbethāṃ ca māṃtarā Mv. 7. 28;
aṃtarā cāraṇebhyastvadīyaṃ jayodāharaṇaṃ śrutvā tvāmihasthamupāgatāḥ V. 1;
aṃtarā dṛṣṭā devī Ś. 6;
aṃtaropalabhya Dk. 52;
K. 267, 304-5;
kumāro mamāpyaṃtikamupāgacchannaṃtarā tvadīyenāṃtapālena avaskaṃdya gṛhītaḥ M. 1,
Y. 2. 107. (
d) In the neighbourhood, near, at hand; approaching, resembling;
na drakṣyāmaḥ punarjātu dhārmikaṃ rāmamaṃtarā Rām. approaching or resembling Rāma. (
e) Nearly, (
pb) almost. (
f) In the mean time;
nādyāccaiva tathāṃtarā Ms. 2. 56;
Y. 3. 20. (
g) At intervals, here and there; now and then, for sometime, now-now (when repeated);
aṃtarā pitṛsaktamaṃtarā mātṛsaṃbaddhamaṃtarā śukanāsamayaṃ kurvannālāpaṃ K. 118;
aṃtarāṃtarā nipatita here and there, at intervals; 121, 127;
prajānurāgahetoścāṃtarāṃtarā darśanaṃ dadau 58,
Dk. 49.
2 (Used as a preposition with
acc. P. II. 3. 4.) (
a) Between;
paṃcālāsta ime… kaliṃdatanayāṃ trisrotasaṃ cāṃtarā B. R. 10. 86;
yadaṃtarā pitaraṃ mātaraṃ ca Bṛ. Ār. Up.;
te (nāmarūpe) yadaṃtarā tad brahma Ch. Up.;
aṃtarā tvāṃ ca māṃ ca kamaṃḍaluḥ Mbh.; rarely with
loc.;
sumaṃtrasya babhūvātmā cakrayoriva cāṃtarā Rām.;
pādayoḥ śakaṭaṃ cakruraṃtarorāvulūkhalaṃ Rām. (
b) Through;
tiraskāriṇamaṃtarā ibid. (
c) During;
aṃtarā kathāṃ S. D. (
d) Without, except;
na ca prayojanamaṃtarā cāṇakyaḥ svapnepi ceṣṭate Mu. 3.
Comp. — aṃsaḥ the space between the shoulders, breast;
atha °se abhimṛśya japati Śat. Br. — bhavadehaḥ — bhavasattvaṃ the soul or embodied soul existing between the two stages of death and birth (
yo maraṇajananayoraṃtarāle sthitaḥ prāṇī soṃtarābhavasattvaḥ).
— diś see
aṃtaradiś.
— bharaḥ Ved. bringing into the midst or procuring
Rv. 8. 32. 12.
— vediḥ dī f. 1 a veranda resting on columns, porch, portico.
2 a kind of wall
R. 12. 93.
— śṛṃgaṃ ind. between the horns.