araṇyam

araṇyam (sometimes) m. also, [aryate gamyate śeṣe vayasi ṛ-arternicca 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 gantavyaṃ yathāraṇyaṃ tathā gṛham || Chāṇ. 44; tapaḥśraddhe ye hyupavasantyaraṇye Muṇd.1.2.11. oft. used at first member of comp. in the sense of 'wild', 'grown or produced in forest'; ˚bījam wild seed; ˚kārpāsi, ˚kulatthikā; ˚kusumbhaḥ &c.; so ˚mārjāraḥ, ˚mūṣakaḥ. -2 A foreign or distant land; araṇyeṣu jarbhurāṇā caranti Rv.1.163.11. -ṇyaḥ N. of a plant kaṭphala (Mar. kāyaphaḻa) -Comp. -adhyakṣaḥ headman or superintendent of a forest district; forest keeper or ranger. -ayanam, -yānam going into the forest, becoming a hermit; atha yadaraṇyāyanamityā- cakṣate brahmacaryameva tad Ch. Up.8.5.3. -okas, -sad a. 1 dwelling in woods, being in a forest; kiṃtu ˚sadovayaṃ anabhyasta rathacaryāḥ U.5; vaiklavyaṃ mama tāvadīdṛśamapi snehādaraṇyaukasaḥ Ś.4.6. -2 especially, one who has left his family and become an anchorite, forest-dweller. -kaṇā wild cumin seed (Mar. jireṃ) -kadalī wild plantain. -kāṇḍam 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). -gānam N. of one of the four hymn-books of the Sāmaveda (to be chanted in the forest). -caṭakaḥ a wild sparrow. -candrikā (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 priyāloka- phalo hi veṣaḥ Ku.7.22 remarks anyathā'raṇyacandrikā syāditi bhāvaḥ. -cara (˚ṇyecara also), -jīva a. wild, living in woods. -ja a. wild; ˚ārdrakā wild ginger. -jīram wild cumin. (Mar. kaḍū jireṃ). -damanaḥ N. of a plant. -dvādaśī, -vratam 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. -dhānyam, -śāliḥ wild rice (nīvāra). -nṛpatiḥ, -rāj (ṭ), -rājaḥ 'lord of the woods', epithet of a lion or a tiger; so araṇyānāṃ patiḥ. -paṇḍitaḥ [araṇye eva paṇḍitaḥ, na tu 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). -parvan N. of the first section of the Mb. -bhava a. growing in a forest, wild; yathā˚ vāstilāḥ Pt.2.86. -makṣikā a gadfly (Mar. ghoḍamāśī) -mudrakaḥ a kind of wild bean. -yānam retiring to the woods. -rakṣakaḥ conservator of forests, forest-keeper. -rājyam sovereignty of the woods. -ruditam (˚ṇye˚) 'weeping in a forest', a cry in the wilderness; (fig.) a vain or useless speech, or a cry with no one to heed it, or anything done to no purpose; araṇye mayā ruditam Ś.2; proktaṃ śraddhāvihīnasya araṇyaruditopamam Pt.1.393; tadalamadhunāraṇyaruditaiḥ Amaru.76. -vāyasaḥ a wild crow, raven. -vāsaḥ, -samāśrayaḥ 1 retiring into woods, residence in a forest; ˚yonmukhaṃ pitaram R.12.8. -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. -vilapitam, -vilāpaḥ (˚ṇye) = ˚ruditam above. -śvan m. 'a wild hound', wolf. -ṣaṣṭhī N. of a festival celebrated on the 6th day of the bright half of Jyeṣṭha. -sabhā a forest-court.