masculine · antaraṭṭhaka 1.1 · antaraṭṭhaka 2.1
Antaraṭṭhaka (adjective) [antara + aṭṭhaka] only in phrases rattisu antaraṭṭhakāsu and antaraṭṭhake hima-pātasamaye (in which antara functions as preposition with locative, according to antara II b.) i.e. in the nights (and in the time of the falling of snow) between the eighths (i.e. the eighth day before and after the full moon: see aṭṭhaka 2 ). First phrase at Vin I 31, 288; III 31; second at M I 79 (cf. page 536 where Trenckner divides anta-raṭṭhaka); A I 136 (in nominative); Ja I 390; Miln 396.
occurring between the aṭṭhakā days
(adj, adj, comp) in the coldest part of winter; during midwinter coldest eight days of the winter, when snow falls (in India) [lit.] between the eights Construction: antara + aṭṭhaka
(adj, adj, comp) standing in-between Construction: antara + ṭhaka