í-tara mf(A)n. (the neuter is ad in classical Sanskṛt, but am [ad, [ŚBr.]] in Ved. [Pāṇ. vii, 1, 25], [26]; comparative form of pronom. base 3. i; cf. Lat. iterum; Hib. iter), the other (of two), another
í-tara , , the one — the other, this — that. ( connected antithetically with a preceding word often signifies the contrary idea, e.g. vijayāya itarāya vā [[MBh.]], to victory or defeat; so in Dvandva compounds, sukhetareṣu [[ŚvetUp.]], in happiness and distress; it sometimes, however, forms a Tat-puruṣa compound with another word to express the one idea implied in the contrary of that word, e.g. dakṣiṇetara, the left hand.)
a euphemistic name of certain beings who appear to be considered as spirits of darkness (Kuvera belongs to them), [AV.]; [VS.]; [TS.]; [MaitrS.]; [GopBr.]