Vrindaranya, Vrinda-aranya, Vṛndāraṇya: 3 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Vṛndāraṇya can be transliterated into English as Vrndaranya or Vrindaranya, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Vṛndāraṇya (वृन्दारण्य).—
1) Name of a forest near Gokula; वृन्दारण्ये वसतिधुना केवलं दुःखहेतुः (vṛndāraṇye vasatidhunā kevalaṃ duḥkhahetuḥ) Pad. D.38, 41; R.6.5; वृन्दा यत्र तपस्तेपे तत्तु वृन्दावनं स्मृतम् । वृन्दयाऽत्र कृता क्रीडा तेन वा मुनिपुङ्गव (vṛndā yatra tapastepe tattu vṛndāvanaṃ smṛtam | vṛndayā'tra kṛtā krīḍā tena vā munipuṅgava) || Brav. P.
2) a raised mound of earth to plant and preserve the holy basil.
Derivable forms: vṛndāraṇyam (वृन्दारण्यम्).
Vṛndāraṇya is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms vṛndā and araṇya (अरण्य). See also (synonyms): vṛndāvana.
Vṛndāraṇya (वृन्दारण्य):—[from vṛndā > vṛnda] n. (vṛndār) = vṛndā-vana, [Pañcarātra; Bhāminī-vilāsa]
Vṛndāraṇya (वृन्दारण्य):—n. = vṛndāvana [PAÑCAR. 4, 8, 60. 64.]
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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Starts with (+0): Vrindaranyamahatmya.
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