aṃtari

aṃtari 2 P. (aṃtar + i)

1 To go between, to stand in one's way, intervene to separate; rātrerenaṃ tadaṃtariyāt Ait. Br.

2 To exclude from, to pass over, omit.

3 To disappear, see aṃtarita below. (

— ayati) To come or step between, interpose; darduraka upasṛtya aṃtarayati Mk. 2 (it may also mean, ‘separates the two’).

aṃtari rī kṣaṃ [aṃtaḥ svargapṛthivyormadhye īkṣyate, īkṣ karmaṇi ghañ, aṃtaḥ ṛkṣāṇi asya vā pṛṣo°pakṣe hasvaḥ ṛkārasya ritvaṃ vā Tv.; according to Nir. aṃtarā dyāvāpṛthivyoḥ kṣāṃtaṃ avasthitaṃ bhavati, or aṃtarā ime dyāvāpṛthivyau kṣayati nivasati; or śarīreṣvaṃtaḥ akṣayaṃ na pṛthivyādivat kṣīyate]

1 The intermediate region between heaven and earth; the air, atmosphere, sky (aṃtarā dyāvāpṛthivyormadhye īkṣyamāṇaṃ vyoma Sāy.) divaṃ ca pṛthivīṃ cāṃtarikṣamatho svaḥ Saṃdhyā Mantra; yoṃ' tareṇākāśa āsīttadaṃtarikṣamabhavadīkṣaṃ haitannāma tataḥ purāṃtarā vā idamīkṣamabhūditi tasmādaṃtarikṣaṃ Śat. Br.

2 The middle of the three spheres or regions of life.

3 Talc.

Comp.

— udara a. whose inside is as wide as the atmosphere. (

— raṃ) the interior of the atmosphere

— kṣit,

— sad a. dwelling in the atmosphere.

— gaḥ, caraḥ a bird (moving through the atmosphere).

— jalaṃ water of the atmosphere, dew.

— prā a. [aṃtarikṣaṃ prāti pūrayati, prā-vic] filling the atmosphere; illuminating the sky, travelling through the atmosphere.

— prut a. [aṃtarikṣaṃ pravate gacchati, pru kvip] floating over the atmosphere, sweeping or going through it.

— lokaḥ the intermediate region, regarded as a distinct world; trayo lokā eta eva vāgevāyaṃ lokaḥ (earth) manoṃtarikṣalokaḥ, prāṇo'sau lokaḥ (heaven) Śat. Br.

— śaṃsita a. sharpened in the atmosphere.

— sadyaṃ [aṃtarikṣe sadyaṃ sadanaṃ, sad bhāve yat] dwelling or residence in the atmosphere.

aṃtari rī kṣya a. [bhavārthe yat] Aerial, atmospheric.