Aranya, Araṇya, Āraṇya, Araṇyā: 29 definitions
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchAraṇya (अरण्य):—
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Araṇya (अरण्य):—
1) vanāraṇyāni [Kathāsaritsāgara 93, 86. Z. 2] vom Ende lies araṇyadvādaśīvrata . —
3) m. (dieses hinzuzufugen) Nomen proprium eines Schülers des Pṛthvīdhara [Oxforder Handschriften 227,b,15.] Nach [AUFRECHT] nur Beiname.
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Āraṇya (आरण्य):—, die sieben āraṇyāḥ paśavaḥ sind gomāyu, gauramṛga, gavaya, uṣṭra, śarabha, hastin, markaṭa nach dem [Scholiast] zu [Pañcaviṃśabrāhmaṇa 6, 8, 8], oder dvikhura. śvāpada, pakṣin, sarīsṛpa, hastin, markaṭa, nādeya [23, 13, 2.] m. ein wildes Thier [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 86, 24.] kāṇḍa Titel des 3ten Buches im R. (auch āraṇyakakāṇḍa) und im Adhyātmar. [Oxforder Handschriften.5,b. 29,b.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungAraṇya (अरण्य):——
1) n. — a) Ferne , Fremde. — b) Wildniss , Wald. vat Adv. [154,25.] —
2) m. — a) *ein best. Baum , = kaṭphala. — b) Nomen proprium eines Sādhya , eines Sohnes des Manu Raivata und eines Lehrers.
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Āraṇya (आरण्य):——
1) Adj. (f. ā) in der Wildniss befindlich , — wohnend , — wachsend , auf dieselbe bezüglich , wild. —
2) m. ein wildes Thier.
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Starts with (+95): Aranya Shiksha, Aranya-pashu, Aranyabasa, Aranyabhaga, Aranyabhava, Aranyabrahmana, Aranyacandrika, Aranyacara, Aranyacataka, Aranyacatakasana, Aranyachandrika, Aranyachara, Aranyachataka, Aranyachatakasana, Aranyadamana, Aranyadevata, Aranyadhaanya, Aranyadhanya, Aranyadharma, Aranyadhikari.
Ends with (+57): Abhayaranya, Acaranya, Adhikaranya, Aikadhikaranya, Ambudaranya, Anaranya, Anyataranya, Arbudaranya, Asadharanya, Asharanya, Bharanya, Bhavaranya, Bhudhararanya, Brahmaranya, Brihadaranya, Brindaranya, Campakaranya, Caranya, Champakaranya, Dakshinaranya.
Full-text (+249): Aranna, Aranya-pashu, Aranyaka, Aranyaparvan, Aranyamudga, Aranyarakshaka, Aranyakadali, Aranyashvan, Aranyaja, Aranyavasa, Aranyakanda, Aranyarudita, Aranyani, Aranyagana, Aranyakukkuta, Aranyarashi, Aranyiya, Aranyavayasa, Aranyadhanya, Aranyacara.
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