antarikA · feminine · antarikā 1
interstice
Antarikā (feminine) [abstract from antarika] "what lies in between or near", i.e.1. the inside of Vin IV 272 (bhājan°).2. the neighbourhood, region of (—°), sphere, compassVin III 39 (ur°, aṅgul°); Ja I 265 (yakkhassa sīm° inside the y.'s sphere of influence).3. interval, interstice Vin II 116 (sutt° in lace); A I 124 (vijj° the interval of lightning).
antarikā (= Pali id. ; in Skt. cited from Kauṭ. A. , see Schmidt, Nachträge ; cf. āntarikā ; see also lokāntarikā , separately), space between, interval, interstice ; in some of the following ānt° may be intended, saṃdhi ambiguous: Mv i.13.12 teṣām ( sc. parvatānām) antarikāṃ (all mss. ; Senart em. °kaṃ!) … praveśitāḥ (so read); i.21.1 parvatāntarikaṃ (all mss. , perhaps to be kept as adv. from cpd. , in between the mountains ; Senart em. °ka-); i.21.3 parvatāntarikaṃ (so Senart with most mss. , but C, one of the best, °kā; read °kā or °kāṃ) praviśanti; ii.300.19 sapta parvatā dvīpāntarikā ( cpd. adj. ), the 7 mountains between the continents ; Dbh 58.13 bodhisattvacaryāntarikā, of the dividing line between the various bhūmi; ŚsP 1442.20 prathamasya dhyānasya dvitīyasya dhyānasyāntarikā, the interval between the 1st and 2nd dhyāna .
space between, interstice, interval; cleft, chink
(fem, fem, in comps, from anta) intermediate space; interstice; space in-between interval, interstice Construction: anta + ra + ikā antara + ikā
(fem, fem, in comps, from anta) (of time) moment; interval; time it takes interval Construction: anta + ra + ikā antara + ikā