í-tara mf(ā)n. (the neuter is ad in classical Sanskṛit, but am [ad ŚBr.] in Ved. Pāṇ. 7-1, 25.26
• comparative form of pronom. base 3. i ; Lat. iterum ; Hib. iter), the other (of two), another
• (pl,) the rest
• (with abl.) different from
RV. AV. ŚBr. MBh. R. Mn. Ragh. Hit. &c
• low, vile Kād.
• expelled, rejected L.
• (ā), f. said to be a N. of the mother of Aitareya
• (ad), ind. whereas, whilst Subh.
• itara, itara, the one - the other, this - that. (itara connected antithetically with a preceding word often signifies the contrary idea, e.g. vijayāya itarāya vā [MBh.], to victory or defeat
• so in Dvandva compounds, sukhêtareṣu {cf. ŚvetUp.}, in happiness and distress
• it sometimes, however, forms a Tat-purusha compound with another word to express the one idea implied in the contrary of that word, e.g. dakṣiṇêtara, the left hand.)