Dictionary Definition ：
Definition[1]
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araṇya (Sanskrit). A forest or wilderness. Remote and uninhabited places of this kind are praised in many Buddhist texts as the ideal environment for renunciates to practise the Dharma.
Source
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Geddes MacGregor, Dictionary of Religion and Philosophy, New York: Paragon House, 1989
Definition[2]
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araṇya: An hermitage dwelling.
Source
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Sarvastivada Abhidharma, Sanskrit-English Glossary, by Bhikkhu KL Dhammajoti
Definition[3]
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áraṇya n. (fr. 1. áraṇa
• fr. √ṛ Uṇ.), a foreign or distant land RV. i, 163, 11 and vi, 24, 10
• a wilderness, desert, forest AV. VS. &c
• m. the tree also called Kaṭphala L
• N. of a son of the Manu Raivata Hariv. 434
• of a Sādhya ib. 11536
• of a teacher (disciple of Pṛithvidhara)
Source
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Sanskrit-English Dictionary, by M. Monier William
Related
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araṇya-parama , araṇyabhāga , araṇyabhava , araṇyacara , araṇyacaṭaka , arantuka , arantos , arāntara , āraññikaṅga , āraññika
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