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अरण्यं (araNyaM)

 
Apte 1890
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अरण्यं (sometimes m. also, ) [अर्यते गम्यते शेषे वयसि ऋ-अन्यच्चनित् Uṇ. 3. 102] A land neither cultivated nor grazed, a wilderness, forest, desert
प्रियानाशे कृत्स्नं किल जगदरण्यं हि भवति U. 6. 30
माता यस्य गृहे नास्ति भार्या चाप्रियवादिनी । अरण्यं तेन गंतव्यं यथारण्यं तथा गृहं । Chāṇ. 44
oft. used as first member of comp. in the sense of ‘wild’, ‘grown or produced in forest
’ °बीजं wild seed
°कार्पासी, °कुलत्थिका
°कुसुंभः &c
so °मार्जार, °मूषकः.
ण्यः N. of a plant कट्फल.
Comp.
अध्यक्षः headman or superintendent of a forest district
forest keeper or ranger.
अयनं,
यानं going into the forest, becoming a hermit
अथ यदरण्यायनमित्याचक्षते ब्रह्मचर्यमेव तद् Ch. Up.
ओकस्,
सद् a. {1} dwelling in woods, being in a forest
किंतु °सदोवयं अनभ्यस्तरथचर्याः U. 5
वैक्लव्यं मम तावदीदृशमपि स्नेहादरण्यौकसः Ś. 4. 5. {2} especially, one who has left his family and become an anchorite, forest-dweller.
कणा wild cumin seed.
कदली wild plantain.
कांडं N. 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).
गानं N. of one of the four hymn-books of the Śāmaveda (to be chanted in the forest).
चटकः a wild sparrow.
चंद्रिका (lit.) moonlight in a forest
(fig.) 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 प्रियालोकफलो हि वेषः Ku. 7. 22 remarks: अन्यथाऽरण्यचंद्रिका स्यादिति भावः.
चर (°ण्येचर also),
जीव. a. wild, living in woods.
ज a. wild
°आर्द्रका wild ginger.
जीरं wild cumin.
दमनः N. of the plant called dona.
द्वादशी,
व्रतं N. 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.
धान्यं,
शालिः wild rice (नीवार).
नृपतिः,
राज् (ट्),
राजः ‘lord of the woods’, epithet of a lion or a tiger
so अरण्यानां पतिः.
पंडितः [अरण्ये एव पंडितः, नतु नगरादिषु जनसमाजेषु] ‘wise in a forest’
(fig.) a foolish person (who can display his learning only in a forest where no one will hear him and correct his errors).
भव a. growing in a forest, wild
यथा°वास्तिलाः Pt. 2. 86.
मक्षिका a gadfly.
मूद्गकः a kind of wild bean.
यानं retiring to the woods.
रक्षकः conservator of forests, forest-keeper.
राज्यं sovereignty of the woods.
रुदितं (°ण्ये°) ‘weeping in a forest’, a cry in the wilderness
(fig.) a vain or useless speech, or a cry with no one to heed it, or any thing done to no purpose
अरण्ये मया रुदितं Ś. 2
प्रोक्तं श्रद्धाविहीनस्य अरण्यरुदितोपमं Pt. 1. 393
तदलमधुनारण्यरुदितैः Amaru. 76.
वायसः a wild crow, raven.
वासः,
समाश्रयः {1} retiring into woods, residence in a forest
°योन्मुखं पितरं R. 8. 12. {2} a hermitage, forest habitation.
वासिन् a. living in a forest, wild. (
m.) a forest-dweller, an anchorite. (
नी) N. of a plant अत्यम्लपर्णी.
वास्तु (स्तू) कः N. of a plant. वनवेतः.
विलपितं,
विलापः (°ण्ये°) = °रुदितं above.
श्वन् m. ‘a wild hound’, wolf.
पष्ठी N. of a festival celebrated on the 6th day of the bright halt of Jyeṣṭha.
सभा a forest-court.
शब्दकल्पद्रुमः
Sanskrit
अरण्यं,
क्ली,
 (अर्य्यते मृगैः, ऋ गतौ, अर्त्तेर्निश्चेतिअन्यः ।) वनं । इत्यमरः ॥
(मोक्षप्रदं दण्ड-कादिकं नवारण्यं । यदुक्तं, --“दण्डकं सैन्धवारण्यं जम्बुमार्गञ्च पुष्करं ।उत्पलावर्त्तकारण्यं नैमिषं कुरुजाङ्गलं ॥
हिमवानर्व्वुदश्चैव नवारण्यं विमुक्तिदं” ।)