Aranyasamashraya, Araṇyasamāśraya, Aranya-samashraya: 1 definition
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Aranyasamashraya means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
The Sanskrit term Araṇyasamāśraya can be transliterated into English as Aranyasamasraya or Aranyasamashraya, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryAraṇyasamāśraya (अरण्यसमाश्रय).—
1) retiring into woods, residence in a forest; °योन्मुखं पितरम् (yonmukhaṃ pitaram) R.12.8.
2) a hermitage, forest habitation.
Derivable forms: araṇyasamāśrayaḥ (अरण्यसमाश्रयः).
Araṇyasamāśraya is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms araṇya and samāśraya (समाश्रय). See also (synonyms): araṇyavāsa.
Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
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Partial matches: Samashraya, Aranya.
Full-text: Aranyavasa.
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