Aranya, Araṇya, Āraṇya, Araṇyā: 29 definitions

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Aranya has 27 English definitions available.

Alternative spellings of this word include Arany.

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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger Wörterbuch

Araṇya (अरण्य):—

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Āraṇya (आरण्य):—

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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 Fassung

Araṇya (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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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

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