Aranyaka, Āṇy첹, ṇy첹: 20 definitions
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Aranyaka means something in Buddhism, Pali, Hinduism, Sanskrit, the history of ancient India, Marathi. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
In Hinduism
Mīmāṃsā (school of philosophy)
: Srimatham: Mīmāṃsa: The Study of Hindu ExegesisĀṇy첹 (आरण्यक) refers to the third section of Vedic literature.—The Brāhmaṇas and Āṇy첹s are ritual texts based upon the practical application and usage of the Saṃhita portion in rituals (ⲹñ).

Mimamsa (मीमांस�, mīmāṃsā) refers to one of the six orthodox Hindu schools of philosophy, emphasizing the nature of dharma and the philosophy of language. The literature in this school is also known for its in-depth study of ritual actions and social duties.
Ayurveda (science of life)
Nighantu (Synonyms and Characteristics of Drugs and technical terms)
: Wisdom Library: Raj Nighantuṇy첹 (अरण्यक) or ṇy첹varga is another name for Ś徱: the eighth chapter of the 13th-century Raj Nighantu or ᲹԾṇṭ (an Ayurvedic encyclopedia). The Rāja-nighaṇṭu is a medical lexicon ascribed originally known as the Abhidhānacuṇāmaṇi. It mentions the names of 1483 medicinal drugs (ṣa) and substances (dravya) excluding synonyms, grouped into twenty-two chapters [viz., ṇy첹-varga].

Āyurveda (आयुर्वेद, ayurveda) is a branch of Indian science dealing with medicine, herbalism, taxology, anatomy, surgery, alchemy and related topics. Traditional practice of Āyurveda in ancient India dates back to at least the first millenium BC. Literature is commonly written in Sanskrit using various poetic metres.
Sports, Arts and Entertainment (wordly enjoyments)
: archive.org: Syainika Sastra of Rudradeva with English Translation (art)Āṇy첹 (आरण्यक) refers to “wild birds�, according to the ŚⲹԾ첹-śٰ: a Sanskrit treatise dealing with the divisions and benefits of Hunting and Hawking, written by Rājā Rudradeva (or Candradeva) in possibly the 13th century.—Accordingly, “[...] Why hawking (śԲ) is hunting? Is it following the hent of the birds� inclination or that of others? If you say it is according to the inclination of the wild birds (ṇy첹) themselves, in that case the term ṛg or hunting would be meaningless [svairamṇykānā� cet mṛgavyeti nirarthakam]. If you say the term is applicable, as the hare-hawk captures animals, then why not apply it in the case of lions and others catching their prey? [...]�.

This section covers the skills and profiencies of the Kalas (“performing arts�) and Shastras (“sciences�) involving ancient Indian traditions of sports, games, arts, entertainment, love-making and other means of wordly enjoyments. Traditionally these topics were dealt with in Sanskrit treatises explaing the philosophy and the justification of enjoying the pleasures of the senses.
General definition (in Hinduism)
: WikiPedia: HinduismĀṇy첹 (आरण्यक): Part of the Hindu Śruti that discuss philosophy, sacrifice and the New Year holiday.
In Buddhism
General definition (in Buddhism)
Source: Wisdom Library: Dharma-samgrahaĀṇy첹 (आरण्यक) refers to “the virtue of (living in a) wilderness� and represents one of the “twelve ascetic virtues� (ūٲṇa) as defined in the Dharma-saṃgraha (section 63). The Dharma-samgraha (Dharmasangraha) is an extensive glossary of Buddhist technical terms in Sanskrit (e.g., ṇy첹). The work is attributed to Nagarjuna who lived around the 2nd century A.D.
India history and geography
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Indian Epigraphical GlossaryĀṇy첹.�(LL), a Buddhist hermit. Note: ṇy첹 is defined in the “Indian epigraphical glossary� as it can be found on ancient inscriptions commonly written in Sanskrit, Prakrit or Dravidian languages.

The history of India traces the identification of countries, villages, towns and other regions of India, as well as mythology, zoology, royal dynasties, rulers, tribes, local festivities and traditions and regional languages. Ancient India enjoyed religious freedom and encourages the path of Dharma, a concept common to Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism.
Languages of India and abroad
Marathi-English dictionary
: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-Englishṇy첹 (आरण्यक).�a Belonging to the desert, wild.
Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.
Sanskrit dictionary
: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryṇy첹 (अरण्यक).�
1) Forest-court.
2) Name of a plant (Mar. bakāṇ� niṃba).
Derivable forms: ṇy첹 (अरण्यकम्).
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Āṇy첹 (आरण्यक).�a. [araṇye bhava� vuñ] Relating to or produced in a forest, wild, forest-born (usually with the words adhyāya, manuṣya, nyāya, pathin, vihāra, and hastin P.IV.2.129 Vārt.)
-첹� A forester, an inhabitant of the woods; तप� षड्भागमक्षय्यं ददत्यारण्यका हि नः (tapa� ṣaḍbhāgamakṣayya� dadatyṇykā hi na�) Ś.2.14; द्वावप्यत्रारण्यकौ (dvāvapyatrṇy첹u) Ś.5. आरण्यकोपात्तफलप्रसूतिः (ṇyDZٳٲūپ�) R.5.15.
-kam An Āṇy첹; 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; e. g. ऐतरेयारण्यकम� (aitareyṇy첹m); बृहदारण्यकम् (bṛhadṇy첹m) and तैत्तिरीया- रण्यकम� (taittirīyā- raṇyakam); अरण्येऽनूच्यमानत्वात� आरण्यकम् (araṇye'nūcyamānatvāt ṇy첹m), B�. Ar. Up.; (araṇye'- dhyayanādeva ṇy첹mudāhṛtam); वेदवादानतिक्रम्य शास्त्राण्यारण्यकानि � (vedavādānatikramya śāstrāṇyṇykāni ca) Mahābhārata (Bombay) 12.19.17.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionaryṇy첹 (अरण्यक).�m. (= Pali araññaka), = ār°, one of the ūٲṇa: پ屹Բ 141.21.
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Āṇy첹 (आरण्यक).�m. (Sanskrit id., forest dweller, not in technical sense; = Pali āraññaka, also ara° in both [Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit] and Pali), dwelling in the forest, one of the ūٲṇa: Ѳ屹ܳٱ貹ٳپ 1134; ٳṃg 63; ṣṭ-ñ 387.3; ū-پ岹-վԲⲹ iii.122.4.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryĀṇy첹 (आरण्यक).—mfn.
(-첹�-kā-ka�) Forest, wild, forest-born or produced. m.
(-첹�) A forester, an inhabitant of the woods. E. ṇy and kan added.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionaryṇy첹 (अरण्यक).—[ṇy + ka], n. A forest, Yājñ, 3, 192.
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Āṇy첹 (आरण्यक).—[ṇy + ka], I. adj. Referring to forests, Mahābhārata 15, 532; produced in forests, [峾ⲹṇa] 2, 36, 6. Ii. m. An anchorite, [Śākuntala, (ed. Böhtlingk.)] [distich] 46. Iii. n. The name of a book, [Բśٰ] 4, 123.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryĀṇy첹 (आरण्यक).—[adjective] = [preceding] [adjective]; [masculine] forester, hermit; [neuter] a class of religious writings to be studied in the forest.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus CatalogorumĀṇy첹 (आरण्यक) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—See Aitareyaº, Kauṣītakiº, Taittirīyaº, Bṛhadṇy첹.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) ṇy첹 (अरण्यक):—[from ṇy] n. a forest, [Yājñavalkya iii, 192], the plant Melia Sempervirens, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
2) Āṇy첹 (आरण्यक):—[from ṇy] mfn. forest, wild, forest-born, produced in a forest, relating to a forest or a forest animal, (the ṇy첹m parva of the Mahā-bhārata is either the whole third book or only the first section of it)
3) [v.s. ...] m. a forester, an inhabitant of the woods, [Mahābhārata; Raghuvaṃśa etc.]
4) [v.s. ...] n. Name of a class of religious and philosophical writings closely connected with the Brāhmaṇas and called Āṇy첹s because either composed in forests or studied there, (the Upaniṣads are considered to be attached to them.)
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryĀṇy첹 (आरण्यक):�(첹�) 1. m. A forester. a. Wild, produced in the woods.
: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)Āṇy첹 (आरण्यक) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: ṇṇⲹ, Āṇṇ, Āṇṇⲹ.
[Sanskrit to German]
Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम� (ṃsṛt), 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.
Kannada-English dictionary
: Alar: Kannada-English corpusĀṇy첹 (ಆರಣ್ಯಕ):—[adjective] = ಆರಣ್� [aranya]1.
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Āṇy첹 (ಆರಣ್ಯಕ):�
1) [noun] one who lives in a forest; a forest-dweller.
2) [noun] that part of the Vēdas relating to Brāhmaṇa dealing mainly with the cosmic significance of the Vedic rituals and also contain mythological, legendary materials.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Nepali dictionary
: unoes: Nepali-English DictionaryĀṇy첹 (आरण्यक):—adj. relating to/produced in forest; wild; forest born; n. 1. a forester; an inhabitanto of the woods; 2. an Aranyaks (one of the religious and philosophical writings);
Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.
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