As a deity name
Name 708 of the Narasimha Sahasranāma — Brahmanda Purana / Narasimha Purana, as taught by Sages to Assembly of Devotees
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
difference, distinction, peculiarity, property (a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi अन्तर; per Wiktionary’s etymology record)
Scripturally attestedWhy this matches what you typed
No corroborated Sanskrit reading of this spelling is established. It resolves as a Hindi word — see “As a Hindi name” above. We say this plainly rather than force a Sanskrit story onto it.
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