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Entry आरण्यक

आरण्यकāraṇyakaa.Relating to or produced in a forest, wild, forest-born (usually with the words अध्याय, मनुष्य, न्याय, पथिन्…
[अरण्ये भवः वुञ्]

Relating to or produced in a forest, wild, forest-born (usually with the words अध्याय, मनुष्य, न्याय, पथिन्, विहार, and हस्तिन् ParasmaipadaIV.2.129 Vārt.) -कः A forester, an inhabitant of the woods; तपः ष़ड्भागमक्षय्यं ददत्यारण्यका हि नः Ś.2.14; द्वावप्यत्रारण्यकौ Ś.5. आरण्यकोपात्तफलप्रसूतिः R.5.15.
Derived forms and compounds
- -कम् An Āraṇyaka; it is one of a class of religious and philosophical writings (connected with the Brāhmaṇas) which are either composed in forests, or must be studied there; Exempli gratia, for example ऐतरेयारण्यकम्; बृहदारण्यकम् and तैत्तिरीया- रण्यकम्; अरण्येऽनूच्यमानत्वात् आरण्यकम्, Bṛi. Ar. Up.; (अरण्येऽ- ध्ययनादेव आरण्यकमुदाहृतम्); वेदवादानतिक्रम्य शास्त्राण्यारण्यकानि च Mb.12.19.17.
- -काण्डम् the title of the third book of the Rāmāyaṇa.
- -गानम् Equivalent to अरण्यगानम्.
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