aṃtarālaṃ, aṃtarālakaṃ [aṃtaraṃvyavadhānasīmāṃ ārāti gṛhṇāti, ārā-ka, rasya latvaṃ] 1 Intermediate space or region or time, interval; daṃṣṭrāṃtarālalagna K. 30; āsyāṃtarālaniḥsṛtena Dk. 143; diṅnāmānyaṃtarāle P. II. 2. 26; dakṣiṇasyāḥ pūrvasyāśca diśoraṃtarālaṃ dakṣiṇapūrvā Sk.; Śi. 9. 2; payodharāṃtarālaṃ K. 83; rāgalajjāṃtarālavartibhirīkṣaṇaviśeṣaiḥ Dk. 17, 143 half way betwixt love and bashfulness; pratimānaṃ praticchāyāgajadaṃtāṃtarālayoḥ Trik.; oft. used for ‘room’ or ‘space’ in general; trastajanadattāṃtarālayā rājavīthyā Dk. 150; bhuvanāṃtarālaviprakīrṇena śākhāsaṃcayena K. 23, 162; aṃtarāle in midway, in the middle or midst; in the interval; bāṣpāṃbhaḥ paripatanodgamāṃtarāle in the interval between the dropping down and starting up of tears U. 1. 31; Māl. 9. 14; ahamāgacchannaṃtarāle mahatāsiṃhena abhihitaḥ Pt. 1; kaṃcitpuruṣamaṃtarāla evāvalaṃbya Dk. 15; na mayānyenavāṃtarāle dṛṣṭā Dk. 123. 2 Interior, inside, inner or middle part; chidrīkṛtāṃtarālaṃ Dk. 148; viṣamīkṛtāṃtarālayā K. 223. 3 Mixed tribe or caste (saṃkīrṇavarṇa); varṇānāṃ sāṃtarālānāṃ sa sadācāra iṣyate. Comp.—diśf. the intermediate point of the compass, such as, northeast &c.