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    See also antarā.


    Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    p. 93, col. 1.
    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.