antarā
Antarā,(adv.) [Abl. or adv. formation fr. antara; Vedic antarā.] prep. (c. Gen. Acc. or Loc.),pref. (°-) and adv. “in between” (of space & time),midway,inside; during,meanwhile,between. On interpretation of term see DA.I,34 sq. -- (1). (prep.) c. Acc. (of the two points compared as termini; cp. B.Sk. antarā ca Divy 94 etc.) D.I,1 (antarā ca Rājagahaṁ antarā ca Nāḷandaṁ between R. and N.). -- c. Gen. & Loc. Vin.II,161 (satthīnaṁ between the thighs,where id. p. at J.I,218 has antara-satthīsu); A.II,245 (satthīnaṁ. but v. l. satthimhi). -- (2) (adv.) meanwhile Sn.291,694; It.85; Dh.237. -- occasionally Miln.251. -- (3). (pref.) see cpds.
--kathā “in between talk,talk for pastime,chance conversation,D.II,1,8,9; S.I,79; IV,281; A.III,167; Sn.p. 115; DA.I,49 and freq. passim. --gacchati to come in between,to prevent J.VI,295. --parinibbāyin an Anāgāmin who passes away in the middle of his term of life in some particular heaven D.III,237; A.I,233; Pug.16. --magge (Loc.) on the road,on the way J.I,253; Miln.16; DhA.II,21; III,337; PvA.151,258,269,273 (cp. antara°). --maraṇa premature death DhA.I,409; PvA.136. --muttaka one who is released in the meantime Vin.II,167. (Page 48)