antara (1) (1121)

antara (1)
Entry 1121, Page 38, Col. 1

(antara, antara)
antara (1)¦ nt. (= Pali id., defined by kāraṇa; see CPD s.v. ^2antara, A, 3, kim antaraṃ = kiṃ kāraṇaṃ, what's the matter?, not well defined in Dictt.), state of the case, circumstance, matter, reason: Mv i.360.11 ko jānāti kim atra antaraṃ, who knows what is the matter (reason, circumstance) in this?; ii.66.15 na paribudhyāmi kim atra antaraṃ, I do not understand what is the matter here; (2) nt. and m. (essentially = Skt. id., nt., noted here as somewhat peculiar idiom), interval, space between: Mv ii.101.13 (janapadasya) antaraṃ nāsti, there was no interval of (space between) people, i.e., they were closely crowded together; Mv ii.113.9 antaro janasya nāsti; (3) see triy- antara.