Aranyavasin, Araṇyavāsin, Aranya-vasin: 6 definitions

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Araṇyavāsin (अरण्यवासिन्).—a. living in a forest, wild; m. a forest-dweller, an anchorite.

- Name of a plant अत्यम्लपर्णी (atyamlaparṇī).

Araṇyavāsin is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms araṇya and vāsin (वासिन्).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Araṇyavāsin (अरण्यवासिन्).—m. (-sī) A hermit, an anchorite. E. araṇya, and vāsin who resides.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Araṇyavāsin (अरण्यवासिन्).—[adjective] dwelling in a forest; [masculine] deer.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Araṇyavāsin (अरण्यवासिन्):—[=araṇya-vāsin] [from araṇya] mfn. living in a forest, [Mahābhārata iii, 15632]

2) [v.s. ...] m. a forest beast, [Hitopadeśa]

3) [v.s. ...] ‘forest-dweller’, a hermit, [Mahābhārata iii, etc.]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Araṇyavāsin (अरण्यवासिन्):—[araṇya-vāsin] (sī) 5. m. A hermit.

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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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