anyatara , adj. , like Pali aññatara (and cf. katara , q.v. ) is very commonly used without its Skt. limitation to one of two ; rather, as equivalent of Skt. anyatama (which is also used in BHS in the same way, notably in Divy and Av ), and chiefly ( 1 ) in the mg. a certain ; (an unspecified) one (of many) : Mv i.36.10 (here could be interpreted in mg. 2); 343.4 ; ii.31.19 ; 65.1 ; 96.15 ; 145.4 ; 171.9 ; 461.14 ; iii.15.7 ; 53.13 ; Divy 102.8 ; 226.19 ; 227.26 ; 254.6 ; Av i.137.11 ; 208.8 ; 235.6 ; 244.3 ; Suv 214.4 ; RP 39.16 ; Śikṣ 39.1 (wrongly rendered another by Bendall and Rouse ); Gv 84.17 ; Karmav 32.12 ; 35.16 ; Laṅk 176.8 ; ( 2 ) much more rarely, another, any other (of an unlimited number); so possibly (but not probably) Mv i.36.10 , above; and RP 56.19 sarvathānapekṣo 'bhūt kāye jīvite ca, prāg evānyatarasmin bāhyavastuni, … how much less (not to speak of) in regard to any other external matter ; ( 3 ) some (one or other), one or another , substantially = anyatarānyatara , q.v. : Mmk 304.16 anyatareṇa śucinā celakhaṇḍena.
anyatara a. (declined like a pronoun) One of two (persons or things), either of the two (with gen. ); tayormunikumArayoranyataraH K. 151 ; saMtaH parIkzyAnyataradBajaMte M. 1. 2 the one or the other; yuvayoranyatarAgacCatu Ś. 3 ; Ms. 2. 111. ; 9. 171 ; other, different; anyatara-anyatara the one-the other; anyatarasyAM ( loc. of °rA ) either way, in both ways, optionally; frequently used by Pāṇini in his Sūtras in the sense of vA or viBAzA ; hfkroranyatarasyAM, AtmanepadezvanyatarasyAM &c. &c.