anaraṇya

anaraṇya Bahuvr. m. (-ṇyaḥ) The proper name of a king of

Ayodhyā, of the solar race; according to one authority, a

son of Vāna and father of Pṛthu, according to others,

a son of Sambhūta and father of Pṛṣadaśva or, again, a

son of Sarwakarman and father of Nighna. Those who

make him a son of Sambhūta, relate that he was slain by

Rāvaṇa.

anaraṇya an-araṇya, as, m., N. of a king of

Ayodhyā, said by some to have been Pṛthu's father.

anaraṇya an-araṇya, n. no desert.

an-araṇya m. N. of a king of Ayodhyā, said by some to have been Pṛthu's father.

anaraṇya- m. n. d'un roi.

anaraṇya (3. a + araṇya) m. N. pr. MAITR. UP. in Ind. St. I, 276. II, 395. ein Sohn Vāṇa's und Vater Pṛthu's R. 1, 70, 23. 2, 110, 9-11. ein Sohn Sarvakarman's und Vater Nighna's HARIV. 818. ein Sohn Saṃbhūta's VP. 371. LIA. I, Anh. IV. VI. X, N. 20.

anaraṇya n. Nicht-Oede AIT. BR. 3, 31.

1. anaraṇya n. Nichtoede.

2. anaraṇya m. N.pr. verschiedener Männer.

Anaraṇya. § 6 (Anukram.): I, 1, 230 (belongs to the

past).—§ 760 (Ānuśāsanik.): XIII, 115γ, 5661 (among the

ancient kings who have abstained from meat in the month of

Kārttika).—§ 775 (do.): XIII, 166η, 7684 (among the kings

whose names should be recited at sunset and sunrise).

Anaraṇya (I) — the son of Trasaddasyu and father of

Haryaśva (Pṛṣadaśva-Vi. P.); killed by Rāvaṇa in his dig-

vijaya.

Bhā. IX. 7. 4; Vi. IV. 3. 17-18.

Anaraṇya (II) — the son of Sambhūta, killed by Rāvaṇa.

Br. III. 63. 74; Vā. 88. 75-6.

Anaraṇya (III) — the son of Sarvakarman.

M. 12. 47.

ANARAṆYA (ANĀRAṆYA). A King of the Ikṣvāku

dynasty. (M.B., Ādi Parva, Chapter 1, Verse 236).

For genealogy, see IKṢVĀKU. Anaraṇya was a vege-

tarian. (M.B., Anuśāsana Parva, Chapter 115, Verse 59).

Rāvaṇa once attacked his country whom he challenged

to a duel. In the duel Anaraṇya died. Before dying he

cursed Rāvaṇa that he would be killed by Rāma, son

of King Daśaratha. (Brahmāṇḍa Purāṇa, Chapter 45).