adjective belonging to solitude or the forest, sequestered; living in the forest, fond of seclusion, living as hermits (bhikkhū). Freq. 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; AN.iii.100 sq., AN.iii.219; AN.iv.21; AN.v.66; Ja.iii.174 (variant reading BB. a˚); Mil.342; Dhp-a.ii.94 (vihāra).

fr. arañña + ka