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)