1. one of two; one of several; a certain… (often used as indefinite article: ‘a’); somebody, some….
2. other, another; different.

…Ja.i.253; Ja.ii.132 etc. devaññatara a certain god, i.e. any kind of god SN.iv.180 = AN.iv.461.

Sk. anyatara, añña + compar. suff. tara, cp….

one or other; all kinds

one of the devas; some deva or other; a lesser deva.

…Mhvs.38, Mhvs.14.

añña + superl. suff. tama; see also aññatara

…Exod. 7–11): dasannaṃ aññataraṃ ṭhānaṃ nigacchati Dhp.137 (= das. dukkha-kāraṇānaṃ, enumerated v. Dhp.138, Dhp.139)…

…Pv-a.46, Pv-a.279;

• -aññatara, in phrase devo vā d. vā, a god or one of the retinue of a god SN.iv.180; AN.iv.461;…

…vā gah˚-putto vā aññatarasmiṃ vā kule paccājāto DN.i.62; MN.i.344. gahapatī ca gahapatāniyo householders and their wives…

…of Yakkhas, Devas or Devaññataras (Pv.i.3#3 = Pv-a.16), as a reward for former merit usually in combination with bhuñjāmi paribhogavant…

…(Koliya-putto kālaṃ kato aññataraṃ mano-mayaṃ kāyaṃ upapanno); MN.i.410 (devā rūpino m.); SN.iv.71; AN.i.24; AN.iii.122, AN.iii.192;…

…(Koliya-putto kālaṃ kato aññataraṃ mano-mayaṃ kāyaṃ upapanno); MN.i.410 (devā rūpino m.); SN.iv.71; AN.i.24; AN.iii.122, AN.iii.192;…

…fr….

…seyya-sukhaṃ anuyogo, aññataraṃ deva-nikāyaṃ paṇidhāya brahmacariyaṃ; thus at DN.iii.238; MN.i.103; AN.iii.249; AN.iv.461,…

…yesaṃ bhikkhu aññataraṃ vā aññataraṃ vā āpajjitvā yāvatihaṃ jānaṃ paṭicchādeti…

…Dhp.137 (dasannaṃ aññataraṃ th.˚ nigacchati he undergoes one of the foll. ten conditions, i.e. items of affliction, explained at…