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 …

Araññaka & Āraññāka

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

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

Araññaka & Āraññāka

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

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

…sq See also āraññakatta.

abstr. fr. araññaka

(& 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 …

collection of houses, a hamlet (cp. Ger. gemeinde), a habitable place (opp. arañña: gāme vā yadi vâraññe Snp.119), a parish or village having boundaries & distinct from the surrounding country (gāmo c …

tree. In the rukkha-mūlik’ anga (see below) Bdhgh at Vism.74 gives a list of trees which are not to be selected for the practice of “living at the root of a tree.” These are sīmantarika-rukkha, ceti …

…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.