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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. अरण्यम्araṇyam(sometimes) m. also, [अर्यते गम्यते शेषे वयसि ऋ-अर्तेर्निच्च Uṇ.3.12] A land neither cultivated nor grazed, a…
    1. (sometimes) Masculine also, अर्यते गम्यते शेषे वयसि ऋ-अर्तेर्निच्च Uṇ.3.12 A land neither cultivated nor grazed, a wilderness, forest, desert; प्रियानाशे कृत्स्नं किल जगदरण्यं हि भवति Ubbayapada (Parasmaipada and Atmanepada)6.3; माता यस्य गृहे नास्ति भार्या चाप्रियवादिनी । अरण्यं तेन गन्तव्यं यथारण्यं तथा गृहम् ॥ Chāṇ. 44; तपःश्रद्धे ये ह्युपवसन्त्यरण्ये Muṇd.1.2.11. Often times used at first member of comp. in the sense of 'wild', 'grown or produced in forest'; denotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be suppliedबीजम् wild seed; denotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be suppliedकार्पासि, denotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be suppliedकुलत्थिका; denotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be suppliedकुसुम्भः etc.; so denotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be suppliedमार्जारः, denotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be suppliedमूषकः.
    2. A foreign or distant land; अरण्येषु जर्भुराणा चरन्ति Rv.1.163.11.

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -ण्यः Name of a plant कट्फल (Marâthî कायफळ)-Compound

    • -अध्यक्षः headman or superintendent of a forest district; forest keeper or ranger.

    • -अयनम्, -यानम् going into the forest, becoming a hermit; अथ यदरण्यायनमित्या- चक्षते ब्रह्मचर्यमेव तद् Ch. Up.8.5.3.

    • -ओकस्, -सद्

      1. Adjective
      2. dwelling in woods, being in a forest; किंतु denotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be suppliedसदोवयं अनभ्यस्त रथचर्याः Ubbayapada (Parasmaipada and Atmanepada)5; वैक्लव्यं मम तावदीदृशमपि स्नेहादरण्यौकसः Ś. 4.6.
      3. especially, one who has left his family and become an anchorite, forest-dweller.

    • -कणा wild cumin seed (Marâthî जिरें) -कदली wild plantain.

    • -काण्डम् Name 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.

    • -गजः a wild elephant (not tamed).

    • -गानम् Name of one of the four hymn-books of the Sāmaveda (to be chanted in the forest).

    • -चटकः a wild sparrow.

    • -चन्द्रिका (Literal) moonlight in a forest; (Figurative) 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 स्त्रीणां प्रियालोक- फलो हि वेषः Ku.7.22 remarks अन्यथाऽरण्यचन्द्रिका स्यादिति भावः.

    • -चर (denotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be suppliedण्येचर also), -जीव Adjective wild, living in woods.

    • -ज Adjective wild; denotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be suppliedआर्द्रका wild ginger.

    • -जीरम् wild cumin. (Marâthî कडू जिरें).

    • -दमनः Name of a plant.

    • -द्वादशी, -व्रतम् Name of a ceremony performed on the 12th day of Mārgaśīrṣa.

    • -धर्मः

      1. wild state or usage, wild nature; तथारण्यधर्माद्वियोज्य ग्राम्यधर्मे नियोजितः Pt.1
      2. the duties of a Vānaprastha or anchorite.

    • -धान्यम्, -शालिः wild rice (नीवार).

    • -नृपतिः, -राज् (ट्), -राजः 'lord of the woods', epithet of a lion or a tiger; so अरण्यानां पतिः.

    • -पण्डितः [अरण्ये एव पण्डितः, न तु नगरादिषु जनसमाजेषु] 'wise in a forest'; (Figurative) a foolish person (who can display his learning only in a forest where no one will hear him and correct his errors).

    • -पर्वन् Name of the first section of the Mb.

    • -भव Adjective growing in a forest, wild; यथाdenotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be supplied वास्तिलाः Pt.2.86.

    • -मक्षिका a gadfly (Marâthî घोडमाशी) -मुद्रकः a kind of wild bean.

    • -यानम् retiring to the woods.

    • -रक्षकः conservator of forests, forest-keeper.

    • -राज्यम् sovereignty of the woods.

    • -रुदितम् (denotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be suppliedण्येdenotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be supplied) 'weeping in a forest', a cry in the wilderness; (Figurative) a vain or useless speech, or a cry with no one to heed it, or anything done to no purpose; अरण्ये मया रुदितम् Ś.2; प्रोक्तं श्रद्धाविहीनस्य अरण्यरुदितोपमम् Pt.1.393; तदलमधुनारण्यरुदितैः Amaru.76.

    • -वायसः

      1. a wild crow, raven. वासः, समाश्रयः retiring into woods, residence in a forest; denotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be suppliedयोन्मुखं पितरम् R.12.8.
      2. a hermitage, forest habitation.

    • -वासिन् Adjective living in a forest, wild; Masculine a forest-dweller, an anchorite. (-नी) Name of a plant अत्यम्लपर्णी.

    • -वास्तु (-स्तू)कः Name of a plant वनवेतः.

    • -विलपितम्, -विलापः (denotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be suppliedण्ये) Equivalent to denotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be suppliedरुदितम् above.

    • -श्वन् Masculine 'a wild hound', wolf.

    • -षष्ठी Name of a festival celebrated on the 6th day of the bright half of Jyeṣṭha.

    • -सभा a forest-court.

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