antaḥpaṭa

antaḥpaṭa Tatpur. m. n. (-ṭaḥ-ṭam) A screen of silk or cloth

hold up between the bride and bridegroom, or between the

student who is to receive the sacred cord and the spiritual

teacher, until the moment deemed auspicious by the astro-

loger arrives for the parties to see each other in the one

case, and in the other of reciting the mystical initiatory

words. E. antar and paṭa.

antaḥ—paṭa m. n. a cloth held between two persons who are to be united (as bride and bridegroom, or pupil and teacher) until the right moment of union is arrived.