आरण्य [āraṇya] a. a. (-ण्या,
-ण्यी f. f.) [अरण्ये भवः ण्] Wild, forestborn, relating to a forest (opp. ग्राम्य); ˚पशुः
[Ms.1.48.] (आरण्यपशु is of 7 kinds: सरीसृपो रुरुश्चैव महिषो वानरस्तथा । पृषतर्क्षौ मृगश्चैव पशुर्वै सप्तधा मतः ॥)
ण्यः, ण्यम् A forest.
A kind of corn growing without sowing seed.
N. N. of certain signs of the zodiac (see ˚राशि below).
Cow-dung (-ण्यः only).
N. N. of a Parvan in the Mahābhārata.
N. N. of a Kāṇḍa in the Rāmāyaṇa.-Comp.
-कुक्कुटः a wild cock.
-गानम् one of the four Gānas or psalm-books of the Sāmaveda.
-पर्वन् n. n. N. of the third book of the Mahābhārata, usually called Vana-Parvan.
-पशुः a wild beast.
-मुद्गा a kind of bean.
-राशिः (in the zodiac)
The signs Leo, Aries, and Taurus.
The former half of Capricorn.