Apte Sanskrit-English Dictionary
f. [araṇya-ānuk, ṅī- p ca; P. IV. 1. 49; himāraṇyayormahattve] 1 A large forest or desert, vast wilder- ness; yathāraṇyānyāmutsāścaraṃtaḥ Śat. Br.
2 The spirit or presiding deity of the woods and mother of wild ani- mals.