The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

owels, lit. "a knot in the intestines" Vin i.275 (˚!b!dha). -- gu*a [see gu*a2 = gula1] the intestinal tract,
the bowels S ii.270; A iv.132; Kh iii. = Miln 26; Vism 42; KhA 57. -- mukha the anus J iv.402. -- va&&i =
˚gu*a Vism 258.
Antaka
Antaka [Vedic antaka] being at the end, or making an end, Ep. of Death or M!ra Vin i.21; S i.72; Th 2, 59
(expld by ThA 65 as l!maka va M!ra, thus taken = anta2); Dh 48 (= mara*a -- sankh!to antako DhA
ii.366), 288 (= mara*a DhA iii.434).
Antamaso
Antamaso (adv.) [orig. abl. of antama, *Sk. antama$ah; cp. BSk. anta$ah as same formation fr. anta, in
same meaning ("even") Av. -. i.314; Divy 161] even Vin iii. 260; iv.123; D i.168; M iii.127; A v.195; J
ii.129; DA i.170; SnA 35; VvA 155.
Antara
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. antara' difference. I. (Adj. -- n) 1. (a) inner,
having or being inside It 83 (tayo antar! mal! three inward stains); esp. as -- ˚ in cpds. !mis˚ 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; dv!dasa yojan˚ antara' &h!na'
PvA 139 139. -- 2. In noun -- function (nt.): (a). spatial: the inside (of) Vv 361 (p"tantara a yellow cloak or
inside garment = p"tava**a uttariya VvA 116); D!vs i.10 (d"p! antara -- v!sin living on the island); DhA
i.358 (ka**a -- 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 -- dh!yati (for antara' dh!yati). -- (b). temporal: an interval of time, hence time in general,
& also a specified time, i. e. occasion. As interval in Buddhantara' the time between the death of one
Buddha and the appearance of another, PvA 10, 14, 21, 47, 191 etc. As time: It 121 (etasmi' antare in that
time or at this occasion); Pv i.1011 (d"gha' antara' = d"gha' k!la' PvA 52); PvA 5 (etasmi' antare at this
time, just then). As occasion: J v.287; Pug 55 (e)aka -- m -- antara' occasion of getting rain). S i.20, quoted
DA i.34, (mañ ca tañ ca ki' antara' what is there between me and you?) C. expls. ki' k!ra*!. Mrs. Rh. D.
in trsln. p. 256 "of me it is and thee (this talk) -- now why is this"; J vi.8 (assa antara' na passi'su they did
not see a diff. in him). -- 3. Phrases: antara' 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 (˚katv! leaving behind); Pug A 231 (umm!ra'
a. katv! staying away from a threshold); also adverbially: dasa yojan!ni a. katv! at a distance of 10 y. PvA
139. -- (b.) to remove, destroy J vi.56 (v. l. BB. antar!ya' 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.: antaraghara'
pavi&&ha gone into the house Miln 11. -- (b.) w. loc.: antaraghare nis"danti (inside the house) Vin ii.213;
˚d"pake in the centre of the island J i.240; ˚dv!re in the door J v.231; ˚magge on the road (cp. antar!magge)
PvA 109; ˚bhatte in phrase ekasmi' yeva a. during one meal J i 19 = DhA i.249; ˚bhattasmi' id. DhA iv.12;
˚v"thiyan in the middle of the road PvA 96. ˚satth"su between the thighs Vin ii.161 (has antar! satth"na') = J
i.218. III. Adverbial use of cases, instr. antarena in between D i.56; S iv.59, 73; J i.393; PvA 13 (k!l˚ in a
little while, na k!lantarena 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 (vanasa*.assa a.). -- abl. antar! (see also sep. article of antar!) in combn.
antarantar! 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 (tadantara' immediately hereafter), 92 (immed.
preceding), 97 (next in caste). See also abbhantara. -- at"ta gone past in the meantime J ii.243. -- kappa an