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    araṇyāniḥ

    See also araṇyāni.

    Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    ☞ p. 159, col. 3.
    araṇyāniḥ nī f. [araṇya-ānuk, ṅīp ca; P. IV. 1. 49; himāraṇyayormahattve]

    1 A large forest or desert, vast wilderness; yathāraṇyānyāmutsāścaraṃtaḥ Śat. Br.

    2 The spirit or presiding deity of the woods and mother of wild animals.

    Apte Enlarged Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    ☞ vol. 1, p. 214.
    araṇyāniḥ, araṇyānī f. [araṇya-ānuk, ṅīp ca; P.IV.1.49; himāraṇyayormahattve] 1 A large forest, or desert, vast wilderness; yathāraṇyānyāmutsāścarantaḥ Śat. Br.; Mv.4. -2 The spirit or presiding deity of the woods and mother of wild animals. uto araṇyāniḥ sāyaṃ śakaṭīriva sarjati Rv.10.146.3. araṇyānī mahāraṇyam Ak.