Vyantara, Vyamtara: 13 definitions
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchVyantara (व्यन्तर):—1. (2. vi + a) n.
1) Zwischenraum: sa [GOBH. 4, 2, 21.] —
2) Ununterschiedenheit: niḥsāre kṣubhite loke niṣkriye vyantare (= sarvavarṇasāmyena [Nīlakaṇṭha]) sthite [Harivaṃśa 11194.]
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Vyantara (व्यन्तर):—2. (wie eben)
1) adj. in der Mitte stehend: rām mittelmässig: upāṃśu, vya, uccaiḥ [The Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 6, 5, 3, 4.] —
2) m. Bez. einer Gruppe von Göttern bei den Jaina, welche die Piśāca, Bhūta, Yakṣa, Rākṣasa, Kiṃnara, Kiṃpuruṣa, Mahoraga und Gandharva umfasst, [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 91.] [Weber’s Indische Studien 10, 312.] vyantarāmara [Śatruṃjayamāhātmya 14, 24. 275.] dvātriṃśadvyantarādhipāḥ [1, 28.] tatra vṛkṣe kaścidvyantara āsīt [Pañcatantra 250, 2. 7.] vividheṣu śailakandarāntaravanavivarādiṣu prativasantīti vyantarāḥ [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 91, Scholiast]
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See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with: Vyantaradeva, Vyantaram, Vyantarapankti.
Ends with: Angadevyantara, Dravyantara, Dvyantara, Vanavyamtara.
Full-text (+332): Mahoraga, Yaksha, Rakshasa, Kinnara, Vyantarapankti, Gandharva, Pishaca, Vyantaram, Kimpurusha, Vyamtariga, Bhuta, Vyantari, Vyanta, Deva, Kushmanda, Kala, Svarupa, Bhima, Mahakaya, Subhadraka.
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Trishashti Shalaka Purusha Caritra (by Helen M. Johnson)
Part 10: Description of a samavasaraṇa < [Chapter III]
Part 13: Building of the samavasaraṇa < [Chapter III - The initiation and omniscience of Ajita]
Part 26: Śreyāṃsa’s samavasaraṇa < [Chapter I - Śreyāṃsanāthacaritra]
The Agni Purana (by N. Gangadharan)
Tattvartha Sutra (with commentary) (by Vijay K. Jain)
Verse 4.39 - The maximum lifetime of the peripatetic beings (vyantara-deva) < [Chapter 4 - The Celestial Beings]
Verse 4.11 - The subclasses of the peripatetic beings (vyantara-deva) < [Chapter 4 - The Celestial Beings]
Verse 4.38 - The minimum lifetime of the peripatetic beings (vyantara-deva) < [Chapter 4 - The Celestial Beings]
Bhagavati-sutra (Viyaha-pannatti) (by K. C. Lalwani)
Chapter 32: An interview with Gāṅgeya < [Book 9]
Part 7 - Camara’s challenge to Śakra < [Chapter 2]
Chapter 8: Indras < [Book 3]
Jainism in Odisha (Orissa) (by Ashis Ranjan Sahoo)
Jain Iconography in Odisha (Introduction) < [Chapter 6]
Jain Remains of Ancient Bengal (by Shubha Majumder)
Tīrthaṅkara Mahāvīra and Jainism in Ancient Bengal < [Chapter 3 - Historical Background of Jainism in Ancient Bengal]
Jain Caumukha/Caumukhi or Caturmukhas < [Chapter 6 - Iconographic Study of Jaina Sculptural Remains]