Antara (adj.) [Vedic antara, cp. Gr. e)/ntera = Sk. antra (see anta3), Lat. interus fr. prep. inter. See also ante & anto]. Primary meanings are "inside" and "in between"; as adj. "inner"; in prep. use & in cpds. "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. antaraŋ difference.

I. (Adj. -- n) 1. (a) inner, having or being inside It 83 (tayo antarā malā three inward stains); esp. as -- ˚ in cpds. āmis˚ with greed inside, greedy, selfish Vin i.303; dos˚ with anger inside, i. e. angry Vin ii.249; D iii.237; M i.123; PvA 78 (so read for des˚). Abl. antarato from within It 83. (b) in between, distant; dvādasa yojan˚ antaraŋ ṭhānaŋ PvA 139 139. -- 2. In noun -- function (nt.): (a). spatial: the inside (of) Vv 361 (pītantara a yellow cloak or inside garment = pītavaṇṇa uttariya VvA 116); Dāvs i.10 (dīpɔ antara -- vāsin living on the island); DhA i.358 (kaṇṇa -- chidd˚ the inside of the ear; VvA 50 (kacch˚ inner room or apartment). Therefore also "space in between", break J v.352 (= chidda C.), & obstacle, hindrance, i. g. what stands in between: see cpds. and antara -- dhāyati (for antaraŋ dhāyati). -- (b). temporal: an interval of time, hence time in general, & also a specified time, i. e. occasion. As interval in Buddhantaraŋ the time between the death of one Buddha and the appearance of another, PvA 10, 14, 21, 47, 191 etc. As time: It 121 (etasmiŋ antare in that time or at this occasion); Pv i.1011 (dīghaŋ antaraŋ = dīghaŋ kālaŋ PvA 52); PvA 5 (etasmiŋ antare at this time, just then). As occasion: J v.287; Pug 55 (eḷaka -- m -- antaraŋ occasion of getting rain). S i.20, quoted DA i.34, (mañ ca tañ ca kiŋ antaraŋ what is there between me and you?) C. expls. kiŋ kāraṇā. Mrs. Rh. D. in trsln. p. 256 "of me it is and thee (this talk) -- now why is this"; J vi.8 (assa antaraŋ na passiŋsu they did not see a diff. in him). -- 3. Phrases: antaraŋ karoti (a) to keep away from or at a distance (trs. and intrs.), to hold aloof, lit. "to make a space in between" M iii.14; J. iv.2 (˚katvā leaving behind); Pug A 231 (ummāraŋ a. katvā staying away from a threshold); also adverbially: dasa yojanāni a. katvā at a distance of 10 y. PvA 139. -- (b.) to remove, destroy J vi.56 (v. l. BB. antarāyaŋ 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.: antaragharaŋ paviṭṭha gone into the house Miln 11. -- (b.) w. loc.: antaraghare nisīdanti (inside the house) Vin ii.213; ˚dīpake in the centre of the island J i.240; ˚dvāre in the door J v.231; ˚magge on the road (cp. antarāmagge) PvA 109; ˚bhatte in phrase ekasmiŋ yeva a. during one meal J i 19 = DhA i.249; ˚bhattasmiŋ id. DhA iv.12; ˚vīthiyan in the middle of the road PvA 96. ˚satthīsu between the thighs Vin ii.161 (has antarā satthīnaŋ) = J i.218.

III. Adverbial use of cases, instr. antarena in between D i.56; S iv.59, 73; J i.393; PvA 13 (kāl˚ in a little while, na kālantarena ib. 19). Often in combn.antarantarena (c. gen.) right in between (lit. in between the space of) DhA i.63, 358. -- loc. antare in, inside of, in between ( -- ˚ or c. gen. KhA 81 (sutt˚ in the Sutta); DhA iii.416 (mama a.); PvA 56, 63 (rukkh˚). Also as antarantare right inside, right in the middle of (c. gen.) KhA 57; DhA i.59 (vanasaṇḍassa a.). -- abl. antarā (see also sep. article of antarā) in combn.antarantarā from time to time, occasionally; successively time after time Sn p. 107; DhA ii.86; iv.191; PvA 272.

IV. anantara (adj.) having or leaving nothing in between i. e. immediately following, incessant, next, adjoining J iv.139; Miln 382 (solid; DhA i.397; PvA 63 (tadantaraŋ immediately hereafter), 92 (immed. preceding), 97 (next in caste). See also abbhantara.

-- atīta gone past in the meantime J ii.243. -- kappa an intermediary kappa (q. v.) D i 54. -- kāraṇa a cause of impediment, hindrance, obstacle Pug A 231 -- cakka "the intermediate round", i. e. in astrology all that belongs to the intermediate points of the compass Miln 178. -- cara one who goes in between or inside, i. e. a robber S iv.173. -- bāhira (adj.) inside & outside J i.125. -- bhogika one who has power (wealth, influence) inside the kings dominion or under the king, a subordinate chieftain (cp. antara -- raṭṭha) Vin iii.47 -- raṭṭha an intermediate kingdom, rulership of a subordinate prince J v.135. -- vāsa an interregnum Dpvs v.80. -- vāsaka "inner or intermediate garment", one of the 3 robes of a Buddhist bhikkhu (viz. the sanghāṭī, uttarāsanga & a.) Vin i.94, 289; ii.272. Cf. next. -- sāṭaka an inner or lower garment [cp. Sk. antarīya id.], under garment, i. e. the one between the outer one & the body VvA 166 (q. v.).