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# Indian Epigraphical Glossary c6.379

Indian Epigraphical Glossary c6.379

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### [c6.379](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c6.379)

antara (CII 1), a period of time. (EI 15), name of a tax; cf. antar-ādāya, antaḥ-kara, etc. antarā (CII 1), ‘in the interval’. antar-ādāya (CII 4), explained as ‘excise duty’; but same as antaḥ-kara, abhyantar-ādāya, etc. antarāla (EI 1), part of a temple; cf. antarāla-maṇḍapa. antarāla-maṇḍapa (SITI), portion of a temple connecting the garbha-gṛha and the mukha-maṇḍapa; also called ardha-maṇḍapa. Antaraṅga (IE 8-3; BL), explained as ‘a privy councillor or a physician’, though the same person is known to be called Rāja-vaidya (i.e. the royal physician) and Antaraṅga; probably a private secretary; but mentioned along with Vaiśvāsika (EI 3); regarded by some as a class of royal servants very intimate with the king, probably the same as Ābhyantara (HD). Cf. Ep. Ind., Vol. XI, p. 286; Vol. XII, p. 99. āntaravaḍḍi (IE 8-5; EI 12; 33), a variant reading of āturavaḍḍi (q.v.); name of a tax; cf. rintakābaḍḍi. antara-viniyoga (SITI), individual share to make up the shortage in the total revenue occasioned by the grant of exemption of antar-āya or uḷvari. antar-āya (EI 22, 23; SII 1, 2), explained as ‘a tax’, ‘revenue’ or ‘a kind of revenue’; same as antar-ādāya; also explained as internal revenue or taxes levied by local bodies, called uḷvari in Tamil (SITI). antarāya-kkāśu, antarāya-ppāṭṭam (SITI), Sanskrit-Tamil; explained as ‘internal taxes or minor taxes like the profession tax, etc., payable to the village assembly’. antarikā (CII 1), a period of time passed. antarikṣa (IE 7-1-2), ‘cypher’. antarīpa (EI 12), an island. Antarvaṁśika (HD), officer in charge of the inner apartments or harem. See Arthaśāstra, I. 12 (mentioned among the 18 tīrthas); Kādambarī (para. 88); Daśakumāracarita, III; cf. Antarveśika in the Amarakośa, Kṣatriya-varga, 8. Antevāsin (LL), a male pupil. Antevāsinī (EI 25; LL), a female pupil. anubandha (CII 1), same as krama, order. (SITI), help. anubhavana (IA 18), ‘the time or period of office \[of a person\]’.

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## Cites (8)

- [Kauṭilīya Arthaśāstra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.artha.kautilya.1.12) — Kauṭilya, Sanskrit
- [Daśakumāracarita](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.novels.prasiddha.dasakumaracarita) — Daṇḍin, Sanskrit
- [Nāmaliṅgānuśāsana (Amarakośa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.kosa.paryaya.amarakosa*bo) — Classical Tibetan
- [Kādambarī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.novels.prasiddha.kadambari) — Bāṇabhaṭṭa, Sanskrit
- [Epigraphia Indica](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.epigraphy.corpora.ei)
- [Corpus Inscriptionum Indicarum](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.epigraphy.corpora.cii)
- [Indian Antiquary](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.epigraphy.corpora.ia)
- [South Indian Inscriptions](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.epigraphy.south.sii)

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