Four great Araññas (Wildernesses) are often mentioned: Dandaka°, Kāliṅga°, Mejjha°, and Mātaṅga°. MN.i.378 They had once been the sites…

wilderness; forest, jungle; the wild.

being in a forest, in the wild; forest-born, wild.

…and the approach thereto, is arañña. See also Vin.iii.51; DN-a.i.209; Pv-a.73; Vv-a.249; Ja.i.149, Ja.i.215; Ja.ii.138; Ja.v.70].

*…

A forest hermitage near Rājagaha, where the novice Aciravata sometimes stayed. MN.iii.128

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DaṇḍakīraññaDandakārañña

The forest which overgrew Kaliṅga when it was laid waste through the wickedness of King Dandakī. MN.i.378

Kaliṅga3forest

MejjhaMejjhārañña

A wilderness, which legend says was formely a kingdom. MN.i.378

The Indus river, one of the most important of those that flow from the Himālaya.

Isidāsī was once born as a goat in Sindhavārañña, the “Forest of the Sindhu”. Thig.438

Indus1river

vegetables.

(the ascetic) life in the wild; a dwelling in the wild

place in the forest, a forest haunt

one or other; all kinds

1. (mfn.) belonging to the forest or the wild; living in the wild; wild; who has undertaken the dhutaṅga of living in the wild.
2. (m.) one who lives in the forest; a bhikkhu living in the wild, w …

the practice of living in the wild (one of the dhutaṅgas):

“the other kind of cereal”, prepared or cooked cereals, pulse etc. Opp. to pubbaṇṇa the unprepared or raw corn (= āmakadhañña Vin.iv.265; Vin.iii.151 (pubb˚ +); Vin.iv.265, Vin.iv.267; AN.iv.108, AN. …

Araññaka & Āraññāka

(adj.) belonging to solitude or to the forest, living in the forest, fond of solitude, living as hermits (bhikkhū)…

…sq See also āraññakatta.

abstr. fr. araññaka

…remote, far“. See also arañña

Araṇa²

neuter quietude, peace Ne.55 (+ tāṇa), Ne.176 (or as adj. = peaceful) Thag-a.134…

(food, cereal). See passages under aparaṇṇa & pubbaṇṇa.

…blossom Ja.v.416.

• -arañña woodlands, vast forest AN.i.187.
• -vana the wild wood, immense forest…

1. seed, germ, semen, spawn. Used very frequently in figurative sense: see on similes J.P.T.S. 1907, 116
   ■ DN.i.135 (˚bhatta seed-corn food); DN.iii.44 (the five kinds: see below under ˚gāma) …

Dhañña¹

neuter grain, corn. The usual enumⁿ comprises 7 sorts of grain, which is however not strictly confined to grain-fruit proper (“corn”) but includes, like other enum ^…

(& Dhūta)

1. shaken, moved Dāvs v.49 (vāta˚).
2. lit. “shaken off,” but always explained in the commentaries as “one who shakes off” either cvil dispositions (kilese), or obstacles to spiritual pro …

…-sira wild ox Ja.vi.538(= araññagoṇaka).

The Sanskrit goṇa, according to B. R., is derived from the Pali

Goṇa²

=…

…ox, a wild bull Ja.vi.538 (arañña˚).

goṇa¹

Goṇaka²

a woollen cover with long fleece (DN-a.i.86: dīghalomako…

…a habitable place (opp. arañña: gāme vā yadi vâraññe Snp.119), a parish or village having boundaries & distinct from the surrounding…

pea MN.i.245; Ja.v.405 (= aparaṇṇajā ti 406); Ja.vi.537; hareṇuka-yūsa pea-soup MN.i.245 (one of the 4 kinds of soup).

cp. Sk. hareṇukā

adjective

1. green, pale(-green), yellowish. It is explained by Dhpāla as nīla (e.g. Vv-a.197; Pv-a.158), and its connotation is not fixed
   ■ Vin.i.137; DN.i.148; SN.i.5; Ja. …

…Vism.313. 2. alone: k. araññaṃ gamissāmi Vv-a.260
■ exclusive Mil.247
■ na k.… atha kho not only… but also…

1. (lit.) a field, a plot of land, arable land, a site, DN.i.231; SN.i.134 (bījaṃ khette virūhati; in simile); three kinds of fields at SN.iv.315, viz. agga˚ majjhima˚, hīna˚ (in simile); AN.i.229 = A …

…Cp. also tiṇa˚, dāru˚; arañña a hut in the woods SN.i.61; SN.iii.116; SN.iv.380. Often fig. for body (see kāya). Thag.1 …

…SN.i.107; Ja.i.9 (araññaṃ); Vism.22; Pv-a.4, Pv-a.12, Pv-a.46, Pv-a.79 & pavissa SN.i.200; Dhp.127 = Pv-a.104
pp…

lotuspond an artificial pool or small lake for water-plants (see note in Dial. ii.210) Vin.i.140, Vin.i.268; Vin.ii.123; DN.ii.178 sq.; SN.i.123, SN.i.204; SN.ii.106; SN.v.460; AN.i.35, AN.i.145; A …

Pubba¹

pus, matter, corruption MN.i.57; MN.iii.90; SN.i.150; SN.ii.157; AN.i.34; Ja.ii.18; Mil.382; Pv-a.80
■ In detail discussed (as one of the 32 ākāras) at Vism.261, Vism.360; Kp- …

…places are recommended, as arañña, r-m. pabbata, kandara, etc
■ DN-a.i.209 specifies as “yaṃ kiñci sanda-cchāyaṃ vivittaṃ…

…= taṇhā); Pv.ii.6#5 (arañña˚-gocara); Vism.424 (Nandana˚ etc.); Dhp-a.iv.53 (taṇhā˚ the jungle of lust). Characterized as…

…an abode in the forest (arañña˚), or a hut; a dwelling, habitation lodging (for a bhikkhu), a single room Vin.ii.207 sq. DN.ii.7; AN.iii.51,…

wilderness, barren land SN.i.100; Vv.77#6 (= arañña Vv-a.302); Ja.ii.191, Ja.ii.317.

vi + vana

…pot., e.g. “y. n. âhaṃ araññaṃ paviseyyaṃ Dhp-a.ii.91. “y. n. â. katakammaṃ puccheyyaṃ Vv-a.132; dasseyyaṃ Vv-a.138;…

…spelt araññaka (q.v.)
■ Vin.i.92 (bhikkhū); Vin.ii.32, Vin.ii.197, Vin.ii.217 (bh.), Vin.ii.265 (bh.); MN.i.214;…

…MN.iii.40; AN.i.38.

abstr. fr. āraññaka, see also araññakatta

adjective = āraññaka Vin.iii.15; AN.i.24; Pp.69; Vism.61, Vism.71 (where defined); Mil.341.

Araññaka & Āraññāka

(adj.) belonging to solitude or to the forest, living in the forest, fond of solitude, living as hermits (bhikkhū)…

…solitude q.v. under araṇa¹ and arañña

…i.e. the well) q.v.; arañña˚ (part of the forest) Ja.i.253; Pv-a.32; nivāsana˚ (abode) Pv-a.76; phāsuka˚ Ja.ii.103 Pv-a.13;…