antarā

adjective Primary meanings are “inside” and “in between” as adj. “inner”; in prep. use & in compounds “inside, in between”. Further development of meaning is with a view of contrasting the (two) sides of the inside relation, i.e. having a space between, different from; thus nt. antaraṃ difference.

I

(Adj-n)

1. 1. inner, having or being inside Iti.83 (tayo antarā malā three inward stains); esp. as-˚ in compounds āmis˚; with greed inside, greedy, selfish Vin.i.303 dos˚; with anger inside, i.e. angry Vin.ii.249; DN.iii.237; MN.i.123; Pv-a.78 (so read for des˚). Abl. antarato from within Iti.83.
   2. in between, distant; dvādasa yojan antaraṃ ṭhānaṃ Pv-a.139 Pv-a.139.
2. In noun-function (nt.):
   1. . spatial: the inside (of) Vv.36#1 (pītantara a yellow cloak or inside garment = pītavaṇṇa uttariya Vv-a.116); Dāvs i.10 (dīp’ antara-vāsin living on the island) Dhp-a.i.358 (kaṇṇa-chidd˚ the inside of the ear; Vv-a.50 (kacch˚ inner room or apartment). Therefore also “space in between”, break Ja.v.352 (= chidda C.), & obstacle, hindrance, i.e. what stands in between: see compounds and antara-dhāyati (for antaraṃ dhāyati)
   2. temporal: an interval of time, hence time in general, & also a specified time, i.e. occasion. As; interval in Buddhantaraṃ the time between the death of one Buddha and the appearance of another, Pv-a.10, Pv-a.14, Pv-a.21, Pv-a.47, Pv-a.191 etc. As time: Iti.121 (etasmiṃ antare in that time or at this occasion) Pv.i.10#11 (dīghaṃ antaraṃ = dīghaṃ kālaṃ Pv-a.52) Pv-a.5 (etasmiṃ antare at this time, just then). As occasion: Ja.v.287; Pp.55 (eḷaka-m-antaraṃ occasion of getting rain). SN.i.20, quoted DN-a.i.34, (mañ ca tañ ca kiṃ antaraṃ what is there between me and you?) C. explains kiṃ kāraṇā M^rs. Rh. D. in translation. p. 256 “of me it is and thee (this talk)-now why is this”; Ja.vi.8 (assa antaraṃ na passiṃsu they did not see a diff. in him).
3. Phrases antaraṃ karoti
   1. to keep away from or at a distance (trs. and intrs.), to hold aloof, lit. “to make a space in between” MN.iii.14; Ja.iv.2 (˚katvā leaving behind); Pp-a.231 (ummāraṃ a. katvā staying away from a threshold) also adverbially: dasa yojanāni a. katvā at a distance of 10 y. Pv-a.139
   2. to remove, destroy Ja.vi.56 (variant reading BB. antarāyaṃ karoti).

II

In prep. use (˚-) with acc. (direction) or loc (rest): inside (of), in the midst of, between, during (cp III. use of cases). a w. acc.: antaragharaṃ paviṭṭha gone into the house Mil.11 b w. loc.: antaraghare nisīdanti (inside the house) Vin.ii.213; ˚dīpake in the centre of t

adverb prep. (c. gen. acc. or loc.), pref. (˚-) and adv. “in between” (of space & time), midway, inside; during meanwhile, between. On interpretation of term see DN-a.i.34 sq

1. (prep.) c. acc. (of the two points compared as termini; cp. B.Sk. antarā ca Divy.94 etc.) DN.i.1 (antarā ca Rājagahaṃ antarā ca Nāḷandaṃ between R. and N.)
   ■ c. gen. & loc. Vin.ii.161 (satthīnaṃ between the thighs, where id. p. at Ja.i.218 has antara-satthīsu); AN.ii.245 (satthīnaṃ. but variant reading satthimhi)
2. (adv.) meanwhile Snp.291, Snp.694; Iti.85; Dhp.237
   ■ occasionally Mil.251
3. (pref.) see compounds

• -kathā “in between talk, talk for pastime, chance conversation DN.ii.1, DN.ii.8, DN.ii.9; SN.i.79; SN.iv.281; AN.iii.167; Snp.p.115; DN-a.i.49 and freq. passim.
• -gacchati to come in between, to prevent Ja.vi.295.
• -parinibbāyin an Anāgāmin who passes away in the middle of his term of life in some particular heaven DN.iii.237; AN.i.233; Pp.16
• -magge (loc.) on the road, on the way Ja.i.253; Mil.16; Dhp-a.ii.21; Dhp-a.iii.337; Pv-a.151, Pv-a.258, Pv-a.269, Pv-a.273 (cp. antara˚)
• -maraṇa premature death Dhp-a.i.409; Pv-a.136.
• -muttaka one who is released in the meantime Vin.ii.167.

abl. or adv. formation fr. antara; Vedic antarā.