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    Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    ☞ p. 66.
    araṇya nf. (-ṇyaḥ-ṇī) A forest. m. (-ṇyaḥ) Kayaphal, a drug so named. See kaṭphala.

    E. ṛ to go, and anya Uṇādi aff.

    Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    ☞ p. 51, col. 2.
    ara-ṇya (ṇyaṃ) 1. n. A forest, a wood.

    Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    ☞ p. 47, col. 1.
    araṇya araṇya, n. A forest. — Comp.

    Dharma-, n. 1. a grove where as-

    cetics live, Śāk. 14, 1. 2. The name

    of a forest, MBh. 13, 7655. Maha-,

    a large forest, Rām. 3, 52, 46.

    Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1st ed.)

    ☞ p. 80, col. 2.
    araṇya araṇya, 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.

    Lanman’s Sanskrit Reader Vocabulary

    ☞ p. 120, col. 1.
    áraṇya, n. wilderness, forest. [‘strange land,’ fr. áraṇa.]

    Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    ☞ p. 40.
    áraṇya n. wilderness, forest.

    Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    ☞ p. 26, col. 3.
    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.

    Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (2nd ed.)

    ☞ p. 86, col. 3.
    áraṇya n. (fr. 1. áraṇa; fr. √ ṛ, Uṇ.), a foreign or distant land, RV. i, 163, 11 and vi, 24, 10
    ☞ p. 86, col. 3.
    a wilderness, desert, forest, AV.; VS. &c.
    ☞ p. 86, col. 3.
    áraṇya m. the tree also called Kaṭphala, L.
    ☞ p. 86, col. 3.
    N. of a son of the Manu Raivata, Hariv. 434
    ☞ p. 86, col. 3.
    of a Sādhya, ib. 11536
    ☞ p. 86, col. 3.
    of a teacher (disciple of Pṛthvīdhara).

    Śabdasāgara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    ☞ p. 54, col. 2.
    araṇya

    nf. (-ṇyaṃ-ṇī) A forest.

    m. (-ṇyaḥ) Kayaphal, a drug so named. See
    kaṭphala.

    E. ṛ to go, and anya Unadi aff.

    Burnouf Dictionnaire Sanscrit-Français

    ☞ p. 46, col. 2.
    araṇya araṇya n. (araṇi) bois, forêt.

    araṇyacaṭaka m. passereau des bois.

    araṇyamakṣikā f. taon.

    araṇyaśvan m. chien des bois, loup.

    araṇyānī f. Vd. divinité des bois.

    Grande forêt.

    araṇyarudita n. (rud) pleurs dans un bois, c-à-d. pleurs inutiles, plainte vaine.

    Stchoupak Dictionnaire Sanscrit-Français

    ☞ p. 78, col. 1.
    araṇya- nt. forêt; pays inculte, désert; -vat comme une forêt.

    °kāṇḍa- nt. n. d'une section du Rām.; °parvan- du MhBh.

    °gaja- m. éléphant sauvage; a. sauvage.

    °cara- m. bête sauvage; a. qui vit dans la forêt.

    °dharma- m. état de sauvage.

    °nṛpati- m. tigre; °rāj- id.; lion.

    °bhava- a. sauvage.

    °rudita- nt. fait de pleurer en vain.

    °vāsin- a. qui vit dans la forêt; m. bête sauvage; ermite.

    °sad- m. habitant des bois.

    araṇyāyana- nt. fait de devenir ermite.

    araṇyaukas- m. anachorète, ermite.

    Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger Wörterbuch

    ☞ vol. 1, p. 405.
    áraṇya (von araṇa) Uṇ. 3, 101 (von ar). ŚĀNT. 3, 18.

    1) m. n. gaṇa ardharcādi; SIDDH. K.250,b,6. (das Fremde) das weder bebaute noch regelmässig beweidete Land, Wildniss, Oede, Wald. n. NIR. 9, 29. AK. 2, 4, 1. 1. 3, 6, 3, 22. H. 1110. àmā caînàmarâṇye pāhi rìṣaḥ bewahre ihn vor Schaden daheim und draussen ṚV. 6, 24, 10. arâṇyādànya ābhṛ̂taḥ kṛ̀ṣyā ànyaḥ der Eine kommt aus der Wildniss, der Andere vom Ackerland AV. 2, 4, 5. ye grāmā̀ yadarâṇyàṃ yāḥ sàbhā adhì bhūmyā̂m 12, 1, 56. ṚV. 1, 163, 11. VS. 3, 45. 20, 17. araṇyamabhipreyāttadeva manuṣyebhyastiro bhavati ŚAT. BR. 13, 6, 2, 20. etadvai paramaṃ tapo yaṃ pretamaraṇyaṃ haranti 14, 8, 11, 1 (= BṚH. ĀR. UP. 5, 11). 5, 2, 3, 5. 11, 5, 1, 13. u.s.w. M. 2, 104. 5, 43. 69. 6, 2. 4. 7, 147. 8, 69. 356 (araṇye vane 'piv vā). 9, 265 (auch mit vana) . 11, 101. 258. N. 12, 53. 78. R. 1, 9, 26. u.s.w. MEGH. 21. araṇyādhyayana, araṇyādhīti TAITT. ĀR. in Ind. St. 1, 74. araṇyarudita ein Weinen in den Wald hinein; ein Weinen, ein Klagen vor tauben Ohren AMAR. 76 (vgl. araṇṇe mae rudiaṃ āsi ŚĀK. 22, 11. na khalvahamidaṃ śūnye raumi MBH. 1, 3022). araṇyadvādaśī N. des 63sten Adhyāya im BHAVIṢYOTTARAPURĀṆA Verz. d. B. H. 135.

    — 2) m. N. einer Pflanze, = kaṭphala ŚABDAC. im ŚKDR.

    — 3) N. pr. ein Sādhya HARIV. 11536. ein Sohn des Manu Raivata 434.

    ☞ vol. 5, p. 1038.
    araṇya

    1) vanāraṇyāni KATHĀS. 93, 86. Z. 2 vom Ende lies araṇyadvādaśīvrata .

    — 3) m. (dieses hinzuzufugen) N. pr. eines Schülers des Pṛthvīdhara Verz. d. Oxf. H. 227,b,15. Nach AUFRECHT nur Beiname.

    Grassmann Wörterbuch zum Rig Veda

    ☞ p. 102.
    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.

    -e {465,10} (Gegensatz amā́), s. áraṇe.

    -eṣu {163,11}.

    Böhtlingk Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer Fassung

    ☞ vol. 1, p. 104, col. 3.
    áraṇya

    — 1) n.

    — a) Ferne , Fremde.

    — b) Wildniss , Wald. °vat Adv. 154,25.

    — 2) m.

    — a) *ein best. Baum , = kaṭphala.

    — b) N.pr. eines Sādhya , eines Sohnes des Manu Raivata und eines Lehrers.

    Cappeller Sanskrit Wörterbuch

    ☞ p. 27, col. 1.
    áraṇya n. Ferne, Fremde; Wald. °vat adv.

    Bopp Glossarium Sanscritum

    ☞ p. 17, col. 2.
    araṇya n. sylva.

    Abhidhānaratnamālā of Halāyudha

    ☞ p. 26.
    araṇya;
    araṇyamaṭavī sattraṃ kāntāraṃ kānanaṃ vanam .
    vipinaṃ gahanaṃ ceti nātibhinnārthamiṣyate .. 210 ..
    2.1.1.210

    Vācaspatyam

    ☞ p. 350, col. 1.
    araṇya pu0 na0 aryyate śeṣe vayasyatra ṛ—anya . 1 vane,
    arddharccādi . “mātā yasya gṛhe nāsti bhāryyā cāpri-
    yavādinī . araṇyaṃ tena gantavyaṃ yathāraṇyaṃ tathā
    gṛham” cāṇakyaḥ . “sāvitrīmapyadhīyīta gatvāraṇyaṃ samā-
    hitaḥ . gṛhe gurau vāraṇye vā nivasannātmavān dvijaḥ”
    manuḥ . “gṛhasthastu yadā paśyedbalīpalitamātmanaḥ . apatyasyaiva
    cāpatyaṃ tadāraṇyaṃ samāśrayet” manunā antye vayasyeva
    araṇyavāsavidhānāttasya tathātvam . svārthe kan tatraiva .
    “ya enameva vindanti ye cāraṇyakamāśritāḥ” yā0 smṛ0 .
    2 kaṭphalavṛkṣe pu0 . utkarādi0 caturarthyāṃ cha .
    araṇyīyaḥ araṇyasannikṛṣṭadeśādau tri0 . araṇye'dhyeyaḥ
    buñ . āraṇyakaṃ vanapāṭhye anuvākbhede “āraṇyakamadhītya
    ca” manuḥ . araṇyamadhikṛtya kṛtaḥ granthaḥ āraṇyam
    rāmāyaṇāntargatāraṇyakāṇḍe .

    Bergaigne Études sur le lexique du Ṛgveda

    ☞ p. 148.

    The Vedic Index of Names and Subjects

    ☞ vol. 1, p. 33.
    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.

    The Purāṇa Index

    ☞ vol. 1, p. 96.
    Araṇya — father of Udaka and Vāruṇī.

    Br. II. 36. 104.
    ☞ vol. 1, p. 96.
    Araṇya devatas — forest deities in the Himalayas.

    Br. III. 22. 27.

    Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

    ☞ p. 65, col. 1.
    ? araṇya , adj.: in Av ii.130.1--2 ms. so 'raṇyaṃ

    pratipadaṃ samādāya vartate; Speyer em. 'raṇya-prati°,

    interpreting the rules of forest-life (see his note). But prob.

    read araṇāṃ pratipadaṃ, the passionless (kleśa-less)

    course of conduct or path; see s.vv. araṇa and pratipad;

    this would be paleographically close to the reading attrib-

    uted to the ms.; a similar error in RP 16.3, s.v. araṇa.

    Indian Epigraphical Glossary

    ☞ p. 27.
    araṇya (IE 8-5), a jungle.

    Puranic Encyclopedia

    ☞ p. 46, col. 2.
    ARAṆYA . A King of the Ikṣvāku dynasty. (See Ikṣvāku

    dynasty).
    ☞ p. 46, col. 2.
    ARAṆYA PARVA. A sub Parva in the Mahābhārata.

    (See Mahābhārata).