anaṃtara a. [
nāsti aṃtaraṃ vyavadhānaṃ,
madhyaḥ, avakāśaḥ &c.
yasya]
1 Having no interior or interior space, limitless;
tadetat brahma apūrvamanaṃtaraṃ abāhyaṃ.
2 Having no interval or interstice or pause (of space or time); compact, (
pb) close;
halo'naṃtarāḥ saṃyogaḥ P. I. 1. 7, See
saṃyoga.
3 (
a) Contiguous, neighbouring, adjoining;
anayat prabhuśaktisaṃpadā vaśameko nṛpatīnanaṃtarān R. 8. 19;
bhāratavarṣāduttareṇa anaṃtare kiṃpuruṣanāmni varṣe K. 136; immediately adjoining;
Ki. 2. 53,
R. 7. 21; not distant from (with
abl.);
ātmanonaṃtaramamātyapadaṃ grāhitaḥ Mu. 4;
brahmāvartādanaṃtaraḥ Ms. 2. 19 (
Kull. anaṃtaraḥ kiṃcidūnaḥ);
areḥ anaṃtaraṃ mitraṃ 7. 158; or in comp;
viṣayānaṃtaro rājā śatruḥ Ak. who is an immediate neighbour.
4 Immediately before or after;
tadidaṃ kriyatāmanaṃtaraṃ bhavatā baṃdhujanaprayojanaṃ Ku. 4. 32 soon after, just afterwards;
anaṃtarodīritalakṣmabhājau pādau yadīyāvupajātayastāḥ Chand. M. having characteristics mentioned just before.
5 Following, coming close upon (in comp);
śaṃkhasvanānaṃtarapuṣpavṛṣṭi Ku. 1. 23; 2. 53;
°karaṇīyaṃ Ś. 4 the next duty, what should be done next.
6 Belonging to the caste immediately following;
putrā ye'natarastrījāḥ Ms. 10. 14.
7 Uninterrupted, unbroken, continuous.
— raṃ [
na.
ta.]
1 Contiguity, proximity;
anaṃtaravihite cāsyāsane K. 93.
2 Brahma, the supreme soul (as being of one entire essence).
— raṃ ind. [Strictly it is
acc. of time
kālātyaṃtasaṃyogaḥ; nāsti aṃtaraṃ yathā syāttathā]
1 Immediately after, afterwards.
2 (With a prepositional force) After (with
abl.);
purāṇapatrāpagamādanaṃtaraṃ R. 3. 7;
tyāgācchāṃtiranaṃtaraṃ Bg. 12. 12.;
godānavidheranaṃtaraṃ R. 3. 33, 36.; 2. 71;
svāminonaṃtaraṃ bhṛtyāḥ Pt. 1.; rarely with
gen.;
aṃgadaṃ cādhirūḍhastu lakṣmaṇo'naṃtaraṃ mama Rām.; or in
comp.;
ghanodayaḥ prāk tadanaṃtaraṃ payaḥ Ś. 7. 30.;
R. 4. 2.;
Ms. 3. 252,
Y. 2. 41;
vacanānaṃtarameva K. 78 immediately after those words.
Comp. — jaḥ or
jā [
anaṃtarasyā anaṃtaravarṇāyā mātuḥ jāyate] the child of a Kshatriyā or Vaiśyā mother, by a father belonging to the caste immediately above the mother's,
Ms. 10. 4.
2 born immediately before or after; a younger or elder brother. (
— jā) a younger or elder sister;
anuṣṭhitānaṃtarajāvivāhaḥ R. 7. 32.; so
°jāta.