antarAparinirvAyin
antarā-parinirvāyin , adj. (= Pali °nibbāyī), acc. to Tib. on Mvy 1015 ( bar ma dor , for antarā) attaining nirvāṇa in the intermediate state (between death and re-birth; i.e. before the soul can be reborn in a new existence); Dharmas 103 ; Mv i.33.6 . Acc. to CPD , rather entering nirvāṇa before the term , i.e. before having passed the first half of life (in the middle of life). This seems to be the orthodox Pali interpretation, but the Tib. interpretation was also known ( cf. CPD s.v. antarābhava); it is refuted in Kathāvatthu viii.2 ( Transl. pp. 212—3 ).