As a deity name
Name 476 of the Shiva Sahasranāma — Mahabharata (Anushasana Parva), as taught by Sage Tandi to Sage Upamanyu
Name 872 of the Surya Sahasranāma — Bhavishya Purana, as taught by Lord Brahma / Sages
As a Hindi name
अंतर · masculine
difference, distinction, peculiarity, property; distance; intervening space or time, interval, midst, spacing; separation, gap, opening
a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi अन्तर — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Borrowed from Sanskrit अन्तर (ántara). Doublet of आँतर (ā̃tar) and अंदर (andar), a Persian borrowing.” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
antara mf(ā)n. being in the interior, interior
near, proximate, related, intimate
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
the soul
Scripturally attested Verified split — attested membersMultiple readings (3)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "antarātmane" is the dative of "antarātman" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Dictionary citations
antar—ātman m. the soul
the internal feelings, the heart or mind, MaitrS. &c.
Alternative readings
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