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    See also antaraya, antarayaḥ.


    Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    p. 93, col. 3.
    aṃtarayaḥ rāyaḥ

    1 An impediment, obstacle, hindrance, what stands in the way; sa cet tvamaṃtarāyo bhavasi cyuto vidhiḥ R. 3. 45, 14. 65; bahvaṃtarāyayuktasya dharmasya tvaritā gatiḥ Pt. 3. 101; asya te bāṇapathavartinaḥ kṛṣṇasārasya aṃtarāyau tapasvinau saṃvṛttau Ś. 1 vl. standing in the way.

    2 (In Vedānta) Hindrance to the concentration of mind which is said to be of four kinds, laya, vikṣepa, kaṣāya and rasāsvāda.

    3 An (pb) intervention, a covering, screen; dāhapremṇā sarasabisinīpatramātrāṃtarāyaḥ Māl. 3. 12.

    4 (With the Jainas) Interference or obstruction offered to those who are engaged in seeking deliverance, and consequent prevention of their accomplishment of it; one of the 8 classes of karman.