antra śilā

 The phrase “antra śilā” is written in Devanagari as अन्त्र शिला

Antraśilā (also written antaḥśilā or antar-śilā) is a Sanskrit name for a river, described in Purāṇic literature as rising from the Vindhya mountains, and the term is treated as equivalent to antaḥśilā in Sanskrit dictionaries.

✅ Core Meaning

• Antraśilā / Antaḥśilā is identified as a proper noun, specifically the name of a river

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• It is glossed directly as “= antra-śilā” in Sanskrit lexicons

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• The term appears in Purāṇic geographical lists, including the Viṣṇu Purāṇa, Padma Purāṇa, Brahma Purāṇa, and Markandeya Purāṇa

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✅ Variant Spellings and Equivalences

The results show multiple interchangeable forms:

• Antraśilā / Antra-śilā

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• Antaḥśilā / Antah-shila / Antar-śilā

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• All are treated as variant readings (v.l.) of the same name

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✅ Etymology and Components

From the Sanskrit breakdown provided:

• antar / antra — “inside, interior, between” (related to antara)

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• śilā — “rock, stone”
  Together, the compound can be interpreted as “the river flowing among rocks”, which is explicitly noted as an alternate reading: “also read antraśilā ‘flowing amidst rocks’”

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✅ Literary and Cultural Context

• The river Antraśilā / Antaḥśilā is listed among rivers of Bhāratavarṣa in Purāṇic geography

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• It is associated with the Vindhya mountain range, a major geographical and mythological landmark in ancient India

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• The term appears in classical Sanskrit sources such as the Viṣṇupurāṇa and Nalopākhyāna

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✅ Summary

Antraśilā is not a common descriptive word but a geographical proper name in Sanskrit literature. It refers to a river originating in the Vindhya mountains, and its name likely evokes the idea of a river running between or through rocky terrain. All major variant spellings point to the same entity.