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Entry अवान्तर
अवान्तरavāntaraa.Situated or standing between; see compounds.
[अवगतमन्तरं मध्यं प्रा. स.]
Situated or standing between; see compounds.
Included, involved.
Subordinate, secondary.
not closely connected, extraneous, extra.
Derived forms and compounds
-दिश्, -दिशा an intermediate quarter (such as the आग्नेयी, ऐशानी, नैर्ऋती and वायवी). दिशोऽवान्तरदिशः T. Up.1.7.1.
-देशः a place situated between (two others), an intermediate region.
-वाक्यम् (a) A sentence formed by dropping some word or words in the whole sentence; न च महावाक्ये सति अवान्तरवाक्यं प्रमाणं भवति ŚB. on MS.6.4.25. (b) A group of words which appear to form a complete sentence, but form only a part of a complete sentence (id est, that is a महावाक्य).