kAntAra
kāntāra , m. or nt. (see Gray, ZDMG 60.360 , citing this word from Vāsavadatṭā, expl. in comm. by durbhikṣā; Pali kantāra, cpd. with prec. dubhikkha-; said by PTSD to mean hardship, trouble in general): famine : Av ii.83.8 tena khalu samayena durbhikṣam abhūt kṛcchram, kāntāra-durlambhaḥ piṇḍako yācanakena; Kv 47.15 nādyaiva māṃsabhakṣaṇaṃ viṃśati-varṣāṇi paripūrṇāni kāntārasya ca pratipannasya ca nātra kiṃcid annapānaṃ saṃvidyate; 47.20 ; MSV i.237.15 ; in SP 81.11 perhaps in more general sense of troubles, difficulty, disaster : parimuktāḥ sarvabhayopadrava-kāntārebhyo nirvṛtisukhaprāptāḥ.