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दीर्घारण्य (dIrghAraNya)

 
Spoken Sanskrit
English
दीर्घारण्य dIrghAraNya
n.
long tract of wild or desert country
Monier Williams Cologne
English
दीर्घारण्य॑
n.
a tract of wild or desert country,
Br.
Vedic Reference
English
Dīrghāraṇya, ‘wide tract of forest, in the Aitareya^1 and
Śatapatha^2 Brāhmanas refers to the extensive jungles which
must clearly then have covered Northern India. In one of the
Aitareya passages^3 it is said that in the east the villages are
close together and frequent, while in the west there are forests.
1) iii. 44
vi. 23.
2) xiii. 3, 7, 10.
3) iii. 44.