araṇyaaraṇya, as, am, m. n. (fr. rt. ṛ), land neither cultivated nor grazed; a wilderness, desert, forest; N. of a plant; N. of a Sādhya. —Araṇya-kaṇā, f. wild cumin seed. —Araṇya-kadalī, f. the wood or wild plantain. —Araṇya-kāṇḍa (?), am, n. title of the third book of the Rāmāyaṇa. —Araṇya-kārpāsī, f. the wild cotton. —Araṇya-kulatthikā, f., N. of the plant Glycine Labialis Lin. —Araṇya-kusumbha, as, m., N. of the plant Carthamus Tinctorius. —Araṇya-gaja,as, m. a wild elephant. —Araṇya-gata, as, ā,am, gone into a forest. —Araṇya-gāna (?), am, n. one of the four Gānas or hymn-books of the Sāma-veda. —Araṇya-gholī, f., N. of a plant. —A-raṇya-caṭaka, as, m. a wild pigeon. —Araṇya-cara, as, ī, am, living in forests, wild. —Araṇya-ja,as, ā, am, produced or born in a forest. —Araṇya-jārdrakā (°ja-ārd°), f. wild ginger. —Araṇya-jīra,as, m. wild cumin. —Araṇya-jīva, as, ā, am, living in a forest. —Araṇya-damana, as, m. a wild plant, called Dona. —Araṇya-dvādaśī, f. or araṇyadvā-daśī-vrata, am, n., N. of a ceremony performed on the twelfth day of the month Mārgaśīrṣa. —Araṇya- dharma, as, m. forest usage, wild or savage state. —Araṇya-dhānya, am, n. wild rice. —Araṇya-nṛpati, is, m. king of the forest. —Araṇya-bhava, as, ā, am, growing in a forest, wild. —A-raṇya-makṣikā, f. the gad-fly. —Araṇya-mār-jāra, as, m. wild cat. —Araṇya-mudga, as, m. a kind of bean. —Araṇya-yāna, am, n. going into a forest. —Araṇya-rakṣaka, as, m. forest- keeper, superintendent of a forest district. —Araṇya-rāj, ṭ, m. king of the forest; epithet of a lion or tiger. —Araṇya-rājya, am, n. the sovereignty of the forest. —Araṇya-rudita, am, n. weeping in a forest, i. e. weeping in vain, with no one to hear. —Araṇya-vat, ind. like a wilderness. —Araṇya-vāyasa, as, m. a raven. —Araṇya-vāsa, as, m. a hermitage. —Araṇya-vāsin, ī, inī, i, living in a forest, wild; (ī), m. forest-dweller, a hermit, anchorite; (nī), f., N. of a plant. —Araṇya-vāstuka or araṇya-vā-stūka, as, m., N. of a plant. —Araṇya-śāli, is, m. wild rice. —Araṇya-śūkara, as, m. a wild hog. —Araṇya-śūraṇa, as, m., N. of a plant. —A-raṇya-śvan, ā, m. a wolf. —Araṇya-ṣaṣṭhī, f., N. of a festival celebrated by females in the month Jyaiṣṭha. —Araṇya-sabhā, f. a forest court. —A-raṇyādhyakṣa (°ya-adh°), as, m. forest-keeper or ranger, a head-man or superintendent of a forest dis- trict. —Araṇyāyana (°ya-ay°), am, n. going into the forest, becoming a hermit. —Araṇye-tilaka, as, m. wild sesamum growing in a forest and containing no oil; hence, anything which disappoints expectation. —Araṇye-'nūcya (°ye-an°), as, m., Ved. a kind of oblation. —Araṇyaukas (°ya-ok°), ās, m. living in a forest, a Brāhman who has left his family and be- come an anchorite.
araṇya áraṇ-ya, n. distance, foreign country; wilderness; forest; -ka,n. forest; -gaja, m. wild elephant; -cara, a. living in a forest; wild -jīva, a. id.; -dharma,m. savage state, wildness; -nṛpati, m. king of the forest, tiger; -bhava,a. growing in the forest; wild; -mārjāra, m. wild cat; -rāj, m. (nm.-rāṭ) lion; tiger; -rājya, n. sovereignty of the forest; -rudita,n. crying int he forest = vain lament; -vat,ad. like a wilderness; -vāsa, m. forest-abode; -vāsin,a. forest-dwelling; m. denizen of the forest; -ṣaṣṭikā, f. kind of celebration.
áraṇya, n., die Ferne [von áraṇa]. Später (AV.) die Wildniss, mit dem Gegensatze grā́ma und kṛṣí, und auch āranyá, was in einem der spätesten Lieder des RV vorkommt, geht auf diese Bedeutung zurück; ebenso das folgende.
Araṇya. — This term denotes the uncultivated land — not necessarily forest land — beyond the village. It is contrasted with home (amā),1 and with the plough land (kṛṣi),2 being spoken of as apart (tiras) from men.3 It is also contrasted with the Grāma,4 and it is the place where thieves live.5 The character of the forest is described in a hymn of the Rigveda6 to the forest spirit (Araṇyānī). The dead are carried there for burial,7 and hermits live there.8 Forest fires were common.9[Footnote] 1) Rv. vi. 24, 10. [Footnote] 2) Av. ii. 4, 5. [Footnote] 3) Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa, xiii. 6, 2, 20. [Footnote] 4) Av. xii. 1, 56; Rv. i. 163, 11; Vājasaneyi Saṃhitā, iii. 45; xx. 17. [Footnote] 5) Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa, v. 2, 3, 5; xiii. 2, 4, 4. [Footnote] 6) x. 146. [Footnote] 7) Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad, v. 11. [Footnote] 8) Chāndogya Upaniṣad, viii. 5, 3. [Footnote] 9) Rv. i. 65, 4; 94, 10. 11; ii. 14, 2; x. 92, 1; 142, 4; Av. vii. 50, etc. Cf. Zimmer, Altindisches Leben, 48, 142.