āraṇyaka

Dictionary meanings for āraṇyaka from Apte and Monier-Williams.

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āraṇyaka

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Apte Sanskrit-English Dictionary

a. [araṇye bhavaḥ vuñ] Relat- ing to or produced in a forest, wild, forest-born (usually with the words adhyāya, manuṣya, nyāya, pathin, vihāra, and hastin P. IV. 2. 129 Vārt). kaḥ A forester, an inhabitant of the woods; tapaḥṣaḍbhāgamakṣayyaṃ dadatyāraṇya- kā hi naḥ Ś. 2. 13; R. 5. 15. kaṃ An Āraṇyaka; it is one of a class of religious and philo- sophical writings (connected with the Brāhmaṇas) which are either...

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