Aranya, aka: Araṇya, Āraṇya; 1 Definition(s)
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In Hinduism
Purāṇa
1) Araṇya (अरण्य).—Father of Udaka and Vāruṇī.*
- * Brahmāṇḍa-purāṇa II. 36. 104.
2) Āraṇya (आरण्य).—A madhyamādhvaryu; a Prajāpati and father of five deva gaṇas of the Cākṣuṣa epoch.1 Son of Atri.2
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana Index
The Purāṇas (पुराण, purana) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahāpurāṇas total over 400,000 ślokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.
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| Aranya-pashu |
Āraṇya-paśu (आरण्य-पशु).—The āraṇya (i.e. wild) beasts are: śvāpadas, dvi-khuras (i.e.... | |
| Aranyacatakasana | Araṇyacātakāsana (अरण्यचातकासन) is a type of posture (āsana), according to verse 89 of the Śrīt... | |
| Aranyadevata | Araṇyadevata (अरण्यदेवत).—Forest deities in the Himalayas.** Brahmāṇḍa-purāṇa III. 22. 27... | |
| Aranyagavaya |
Araṇyagavaya (अरण्यगवय)—Sanskrit word for an animal “(wild) gaur”. This an... | |
| Aranya Shiksha |
Aranya Shiksha (आरण्य शिक्षा, Āraṇya Śikṣā): Name of a traditional Hindu treatise on the sub... | |
| Pashu | Paśu (पशु) refers to “domestic animals” such as cows donkeys, and represents a division of the ... | |
| Asana |
Āsana (आसन) refers to a “seats” (sitting postures); it is a Sanskrit technical t... | |
| Varuni | Vārūṇī (वारूणी) is the mother of Ārya Vyakta: the fourth of the eleven gaṇadharas (group-leader... | |
| Oshadhi | Oṣadhī (ओषधी).—A goddess enshrined at Uttarakuru.** Matsya-purāṇa 13. 50. | |
| Ara | Ara (अर) refers to an aspect of nṛsiṃha (‘man-lion’), according to the Vihagendra-saṃhitā 4.17,... | |
| Vanara | Vānara (वानर).—Description of a women of monkey (vānara) type;—A woman who has a compact and sm... | |
| Udaka | Udaka (उदक) is the name of a class of rākṣasas according to the Digambara while the Śvetāmbara ... | |
| Mesha | Meṣa (मेष) corresponds with the Aries zodiac sign and refers to the first of twelve rāśi (zodia... | |
| Aranna | Arañña, (nt.) (Vedic araṇya; from araṇa, remote, + ya. In the Rig V. araṇya still means remoten... | |
| Vana | Vana (वन).—A son of Uśīnara.** Bhāgavata-purāṇa IX. 23. 3. |
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Brihad Bhagavatamrita (by Śrīla Sanātana Gosvāmī)
Verse 2.6.56 < [Chapter 6 - Abhīṣṭa-lābha: The Attainment of All Desires]
Verse 2.1.90 < [Chapter 1 - Vairāgya: Renunciation]
Verse 2.6.160 < [Chapter 6 - Abhīṣṭa-lābha: The Attainment of All Desires]
Manusmriti with the Commentary of Medhatithi (by Manu)
Verse 11.264 < [Section XXXII - Expiation of Secret Sins]
Preceptors of Advaita (by T. M. P. Mahadevan)
(ii) Pṛthvīdhara < [50. Some Pre-Śaṅkara Advaitins]
A Correct Vision (by Venerable Professor Dhammavihari)
List of Mahabharata people and places (by Laxman Burdak)
Āśvalāyana-gṛhya-sūtra (by Āśvalāyana)
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