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Antar-atman (Skr.) “Inner self”, a term for the self found in the Upanishads (q.v.). A similar concept is antar-yamin, meaning “inner controller.” — K.F.L. Fuente: The Dictionary of Philosophy

Antanaclasis: or, Word-Clashing Repetition of the same Word in the same Sentence, with Different Meanings Ant-an-a-cla-sis, from (anti), against or back, (ana), up, and (klasis), a breaking from (kla), to break. Hence, a breaking up against. This name is given to this figure; because, when a word has been used once in a sentence in … Continue reading “Antanaclasis: or, Word-Clashing”

ANTANACLASIS ANTANACLASIS is, when the same word in the same neighbourhood is put twice, but in a double sense.-This Figure is frequent both in Paul, as many commentators everywhere observe, and in the other sacred writers, as Glassius [Philol. S. L. V. Tract, ii. ch. iii. p. m. 2003, etc.] admirably demonstrates. The Gnom. on … Continue reading “ANTANACLASIS”

Antamtappes (the dark well), the place of final punishment into which, according to the Indian Brahmins, the wicked are cast, and from which they never can return. There they are lacerated with thorns, pecked by mad crows with steel beaks, bitten by dogs, and stung by gnats. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Antae (Lat.), a species of pilasters used in Greek and Roman architecture to terminate the pteromata, or side walls, of temples, when they are prolonged beyond the face of the end walls. The first order of temples, according to Vitruvius, is called in antis, because the pronaos, or porch in front of the cell, is … Continue reading “Antae”

Anta Kalpa in Hindu mythology, is the twentieth part of the duration of the world, and the eightieth part of a Kalpa, the fourfold duration of the world. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Anta a warlike Egyptian goddess, who is generally represented as wearing a white mitre similar to that of Osiris, ornamented with two feathers, and brandishing a kind of battle-axe in her left hand, while she holds a spear with her- right. She is very rarely represented on the Egyptian sculptures, and is not found before … Continue reading “Anta”

ANT A small insect, famous for its industry and economy, for its social habits and skill in building. Some species build habitations truly immense compared with themselves, and able to contain a dozen men. Their roofs are impervious to rain, and they contain numerous stories, galleries, etc., the result of skilful and incessant labor. Ants … Continue reading “Ant”

Answers ANSWERS.See Questions and Answers. Fuente: A Dictionary Of Christ And The Gospels

Answerable anser-a-b’l: This word is found in the Old Testament only. Moses and Ezekiel alone use it (Exo 38:18; Eze 40:18; Eze 45:7; Eze 48:13, Eze 48:18). It is used in the Old English sense of corresponding to, in harmony with. Bunyan uses it in the same sense (Holy War, Clar. Press ed., 92). Fuente: … Continue reading “Answerable”