being between, included, comprehended. 2 Being in the
interior.
II. m. plur. (-sthāḥ) (ved.) An epithet of the avāñcaḥ prā-
ṇāḥ or lower vital organs, viz. of the anus and of the
organs of generation (as being amongst the vital organs or
prāṇāḥ in general).
III. f. (-sthā) 1 (ved.) An epithet of one of the Sāmi-
dhenī-Mantras or verses from the Ṛgveda recited at the
kindling of the sacrificial fire, viz. of the Sāmidhenī which
begins with the words ‘agniṃ dūtaṃ vṛṇīmahe’, because this
Sāmidhenī is amongst the eleven Sāmidhenīs which praise
the vital functions, in as much as it praises the madhyamaprāṇa
or the vital function on which rest all the other, i. e. the
vital energy which resides in the middle of the body. 2 (scil.
devatā; ved.) The divinity of the vital organs. [As the
meanings II. and III. 1. 2. are given on the authority of
Sāyaṇa's comm. on the Śatapathabr. I. 4. 3. 8, it will be ne-
cessary to quote the latter in full--from two Mss. of the
E. I. H. and one of the Bodl.--as a so called Extract from
it, which has appeared in print, is apt to mislead the reader
completely on the bearing of the word and of the passage
itself. The comm. runs thus: ya evo'yaṃ madhyamaḥ prāṇa iti .
prāṇāpānādipañcavṛttyāśrayabhūto yaḥ kriyāśaktyātmako dehamadhye
'vasthitaḥ prāṇaḥ . tasya samindhanamagniṃ dūtamityanayā dūto hyagniḥ
sarveṣāṃ devānāṃ mukhaṃ ca tathā prāṇe'pīti (v. 1. prāṇīmīti) .
tena samindhanasyopapattiḥ . sā haiṣāntasthetyādi . saiṣāgniṃ dūtaṃ
vṛṇīmaha iti sāmidhenī madhyamaprāṇarūpeṇa prāṇāpānādi saṃstu-
vānānāmanyāsāmṛcāmantasthā (the Mss. saṃstuvānāma° or v. 1.
saṃstutānāma°) antaravasthitā bhavati . anye hi prāṇāścakṣuḥ-
śrotrādayaḥ . ato'smātprāṇādārabhyordhvāścaranti (v. 1. °rantī-
ti .) . pāyūpasthayonyo'nye (the Mss. pāyūpasthayo nye or °stha-
yonyo) prāṇāḥ . ato'smānmadhyamātprāṇādevārabhyāvāñco'vāṅ-
mukhā antaravasthitā bhavanti . evaṃvedituḥ phalamāha . antasthā-
miti . antasthāmantaravasthitāṃ prāṇadevatāmityarthaḥ . ke punarevaṃ
(Mss. °vāṃ) teṣāṃ madhye'vāñco'ntasthāḥ (Mss. sthā) prāṇā
(v. 1. prāṇāgrā) iti tāndarśayati (Mss. tāṃ da°) . śociṣkeśa-
stamīmaha (I. 4. 3. 9.) ityādinā ... According to this comm.
the word bhavanti (avāñco'ntasthā ha bhavantya°) would have
moreover to be substituted for bhavati (°°ha bhavatya°) in the
presented. of the text, as bhavati would alter the sense ma-
terially by disconnecting avāñcaḥ and antasthāḥ.] 3 (In
vaidik grammar.) A technical name for the semivowels ya,
ra, la, va, (because their position in the system of the
grammarians is between the vowels and consonants).
[IV. n. (-stham) (In modern terminology, with the Mahrat-
tas.) Secret expenditure, sums expended in presents and
bribes to official persons.] E. antar and stha. This word is
also written, in conformity with a grammatical rule, antastha.
(vb. sthā), adj., f. thā, Being in the in-
terior, Kathās. 16, 104.
— 1) Adj. im Innern befindlich ŚAT. BR. 1,4,3,8. dazwischen befindlich Ind. St. 9,253. BHAG. 8,22. stehend — , befindlich in (Gen. oder im Comp. vorangehend) Chr. 112,1. Spr. 7828.
— 2) f. ā
— a) Zwischenzeit TĀṆḌYA-BR. 12,13,21.
— b) Halbvocal. Gewöhnlich defectiv antastha geschrieben.