araṇyaṃ (sometimes
m. also,) [
aryate gamyate śeṣe vayasi ṛ-anyaccanit Uṇ. 3. 102] A land neither cultivated nor grazed, a wilderness, forest, desert;
priyānāśe kṛtsnaṃ kila jagadaraṇyaṃ hi bhavati U. 6. 30;
mātā yasya gṛhe nāsti bhāryā cāpriyavādinī . araṇyaṃ tena gaṃtavyaṃ yathāraṇyaṃ tathā gṛhaṃ . Chāṇ. 44;
oft. used as first member of
comp. in the sense of ‘wild’, ‘grown or produced in forest;’
°bījaṃ wild seed;
°kārpāsī,
°kulatthikā; °kusuṃbhaḥ &c; so
°mārjāra, °mūṣakaḥ.
— ṇyaḥ N. of a plant
kaṭphala.
Comp. — adhyakṣaḥ headman or superintendent of a forest district; forest keeper or ranger.
— ayanaṃ, yānaṃ going (
pb) into the forest, becoming a hermit;
atha yadaraṇyāyanamityācakṣate brahmacaryameva tad Ch. Up. — okas, sad a. 1 dwelling in woods, being in a forest;
kiṃtu °sadovayaṃ anabhyastarathacaryāḥ U. 5;
vaiklavyaṃ mama tāvadīdṛśamapi snehādaraṇyaukasaḥ Ś. 4. 5.
2 especially, one who has left his family and become an anchorite, forest-dweller.
— kaṇā wild cumin seed.
— kadalī wild plantain.
— kāṃḍaṃ N. of the third book of the Rāmāyaṇa which embodies Rāmā's exploits in the course of his journey through the forests in company with Viśvāmitra.
— gajaḥ a wild elephant (not tamed).
— gānaṃ N. of one of the four hymn-books of the Śāmaveda (to be chanted in the forest).
— caṭakaḥ a wild sparrow.
— caṃdrikā (
lit.) moonlight in a forest; (
fig.) an ornament or decoration which is useless, or does not serve its purpose; just as moonlight in a forest is useless there being no human beings to view, enjoy and appreciate it, so is decoration when not viewed and appreciated by those for whom it is intended; thus
Malli. on
strīṇāṃ priyālokaphalo hi veṣaḥ Ku. 7. 22 remarks:
anyathā'raṇyacaṃdrikā syāditi bhāvaḥ.
— cara (
°ṇyecara also),
— jīva.
a. wild, living in woods.
— ja a. wild;
°ārdrakā wild ginger.
— jīraṃ wild cumin.
— damanaḥ N. of the plant called
dona.
— dvādaśī, vrataṃ N. of a ceremony performed on the 12th day of MārgaŚīrṣa.
— dharmaḥ 1 wild state or usage, wild nature;
tathāraṇyadharmādviyojya grāmyadharme niyojitaḥ Pt. 1.
2 the duties of a Vānaprastha or anchorite.
— dhānyaṃ, śāliḥ wild rice (
nīvāra).
— nṛpatiḥ, rāj (ṭ),
— rājaḥ ‘lord of the woods’, epithet of a lion or a tiger; so
araṇyānāṃ patiḥ.
— paṃḍitaḥ [
araṇye eva paṃḍitaḥ, natu nagarādiṣu janasamājeṣu] ‘wise in a forest’; (
fig.) a foolish person (who can display his learning only in a forest where no one will hear him and correct his errors).
— bhava a. growing in a forest, wild;
yathā°vāstilāḥ Pt. 2. 86.
— makṣikā a gadfly.
— mūdgakaḥ a kind of wild bean.
— yānaṃ retiring to the woods.
— rakṣakaḥ conservator of forests, forest-keeper.
— rājyaṃ sovereignty of the woods.
— ruditaṃ (
°ṇye°) ‘weeping in a forest’, a cry in the wilderness; (
fig.) a vain or useless speech, or a cry with no one to (
pb) heed it, or any thing done to no purpose;
araṇye mayā ruditaṃ Ś. 2;
proktaṃ śraddhāvihīnasya araṇyaruditopamaṃ Pt. 1. 393;
tadalamadhunāraṇyaruditaiḥ Amaru. 76.
— vāyasaḥ a wild crow, raven.
— vāsaḥ, samāśrayaḥ 1 retiring into woods, residence in a forest;
°yonmukhaṃ pitaraṃ R. 8. 12.
2 a hermitage, forest habitation.
— vāsin a. living in a forest, wild. (
— m.) a forest-dweller, an anchorite. (
— nī)
N. of a plant
atyamlaparṇī.
— vāstu (stū) kaḥ N. of a plant.
vanavetaḥ.
— vilapitaṃ, vilāpaḥ (
°ṇye°) =
°ruditaṃ above.
— śvan m. ‘a wild hound’, wolf.
— paṣṭhī N. of a festival celebrated on the 6th day of the bright halt of Jyeṣṭha.
— sabhā a forest-court.