aMtarA ind. ( fr. aMtara ) 1 (Used adverbially) ( a ) In the interior, inside, within, inwardly; BavadBiraMtarA protsAhya kopito vfzalaH Mu. 3 inwardly, secretly. ( b ) In the middle, between; triSaMkurivAMtarA tizWa Ś. 2 stay between the two or in the mid-air; mEnamaMtarA pratibaDnIta Ś. 6 do not interrupt him (in the middle); akzetre bIjamutsfzwamaMtarEva vinaSyati Ms. 10. 71 therein; paSumaMqUkamArjAraSvasarpanakulAKuBiH . aMtarA gamane 4. 126 ; aMtarA SakalIkftaH R. 15. 20 ; lAwI tu rItirvEdarBIpAMcAlyoraMtarA sTitA S. D. 629 ; °rA sTA to oppose, to stand to oppose; tatra yadyaMtarA mftyuryadi seMdrA divOkasaH . sTAsyaMti tAnapi raRe kAkutsTo vihanizyati .. Rām. ( c ) On the way, en route , midway; vilaMbeTAM ca mAMtarA Mv. 7. 28 ; aMtarA cAraReByastvadIyaM jayodAharaRaM SrutvA tvAmihasTamupAgatAH V. 1 ; aMtarA dfzwA devI Ś. 6 ; aMtaropalaBya Dk. 52 ; K. 267 , 304-5 ; kumAro mamApyaMtikamupAgacCannaMtarA tvadIyenAMtapAlena avaskaMdya gfhItaH M. 1 , Y. 2. 107. ( d ) In the neighbourhood, near, at hand; approaching, resembling; na drakzyAmaH punarjAtu DArmikaM rAmamaMtarA Rām. approaching or resembling Rāma. ( e ) Nearly, ( pb ) almost. ( f ) In the mean time; nAdyAccEva taTAMtarA Ms. 2. 56 ; Y. 3. 20. ( g ) At intervals, here and there; now and then, for sometime, now-now (when repeated); aMtarA pitfsaktamaMtarA mAtfsaMbadDamaMtarA SukanAsamayaM kurvannAlApaM K. 118 ; aMtarAMtarA nipatita here and there, at intervals; 121 , 127 ; prajAnurAgahetoScAMtarAMtarA darSanaM dadO 58 , Dk. 49. 2 (Used as a preposition with acc. P. II. 3. 4. ) ( a ) Between; paMcAlAsta ime… kaliMdatanayAM trisrotasaM cAMtarA B. R. 10. 86 ; yadaMtarA pitaraM mAtaraM ca Bṛ. Ār. Up. ; te (nAmarUpe) yadaMtarA tad brahma Ch. Up. ; aMtarA tvAM ca mAM ca kamaMqaluH Mbh. ; rarely with loc. ; sumaMtrasya baBUvAtmA cakrayoriva cAMtarA Rām. ; pAdayoH SakawaM cakruraMtarorAvulUKalaM Rām. ( b ) Through; tiraskAriRamaMtarA ibid. ( c ) During; aMtarA kaTAM S. D. ( d ) Without, except; na ca prayojanamaMtarA cARakyaH svapnepi cezwate Mu. 3. Comp. — aMsaH the space between the shoulders, breast; aTa °se aBimfSya japati Śat. Br. — BavadehaH — BavasattvaM the soul or embodied soul existing between the two stages of death and birth ( yo maraRajananayoraMtarAle sTitaH prARI soMtarABavasattvaH ). — diS see aMtaradiS . — BaraH Ved. bringing into the midst or procuring Rv. 8. 32. 12. — vediH -dI f. 1 a veranda resting on columns, porch, portico. 2 a kind of wall R. 12. 93. — SfMgaM ind. between the horns.