# अनरण्य (anaraṇya)

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अनरण्य (anaraṇya) is a Sanskrit word meaning the name of a king of Ayodhya, no desert, the proper name of a king of Ayodhya of the solar race, an ancient king, the son of Shambhuta, killed by Ravana, the son of Sarvakarman. Its 8 recorded definitions are grouped into 2 contexts, among them A king or mythological figure named Anaraṇya, Literal meaning: not a desert/wilderness.

- **SLP1:** `anaraRya`  **IAST:** anaraṇya  **Devanagari:** अनरण्य
- **Wikipedia:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anaranya
- **Declensions:** 48 forms — https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/anaranya/declensions.md
- **Other headwords romanised the same way:** अनारण्य (anāraṇya)

## Meanings by context

### A king or mythological figure named Anaraṇya (7 definitions)
- the name of a king of Ayodhya  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H1) [Printed book page 26,2] अन् - अरण्य (an-araṇya) m. N. of a king of Ayodhyā, said by some to have been Pṛthu's father. [ ID=5206 ]
- The proper name of a king of Ayodhya of the solar race.  
  *Goldstücker Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > अनरण्य (anaraṇya) [Printed book page 071-b ] अनरण्य (anaraṇya) Bahuvr. m. ( - ण्यः (-ṇyaḥ) ) The proper name of a king of Ayodhyā, of the solar race; according to one authority, a son of Vāna and father of Pṛthu, according to others, a son of Sambhūta and father of Pṛṣadaśva or, again, a son of Sarwakarman and father of Nighna. Those who make him a son of Sambhūta, relate that he was slain by Rāvaṇa. [ ID=2382 ]
- the name of a king of Ayodhya  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872)*
  > अनरण्य (anaraṇya) [Printed book page 0026-c ] अनरण्य (anaraṇya) an-araṇya, as, m., N. of a king of Ayodhyā, said by some to have been Pṛthu's father. [ ID=1551 ]
- an ancient king  
  *Index to the Names in the Mahabharata*
  > अनरण्य (anaraṇya) [Printed book page 036-1 ] Anaraṇya. § 6 (Anukram.): I, 1, 230 (belongs to the past).—§ 760 (Ānuśāsanik.): XIII, 115 γ, 5661 (among the ancient kings who have abstained from meat in the month of Kārttika).—§ 775 (do.): XIII, 166 η, 7684 (among the kings whose names should be recited at sunset and sunrise). [ ID=533 ]
- the son of Trasaddasyu and father of Haryashva, killed by Ravana  
  *The Purana Index*
  > अनरण्य (anaraṇya) [Printed book page 1-052 ] Anaraṇya (I) — the son of Trasaddasyu and father of Haryaśva (Pṛṣadaśva- Vi. P. ); killed by Rāvaṇa in his dig- vijaya. Bhā. IX. 7. 4; Vi. IV. 3. 17-18. [ ID=390 ]
- the son of Shambhuta, killed by Ravana  
  *The Purana Index*
  > Anaraṇya (II) — the son of Sambhūta, killed by Rāvaṇa. Br. III. 63. 74; Vā. 88. 75-6. [ ID=391 ]
- the son of Sarvakarman  
  *The Purana Index*
  > Anaraṇya (III) — the son of Sarvakarman. M. 12. 47. [ ID=392 ]

### Literal meaning: not a desert/wilderness (1 definition)
- no desert  
  *Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > अनरण्य (anaraṇya) [Printed book page 013-1 ] अनरण्य (anaraṇya) an-araṇya, n. no desert. [ ID=1327 ]

## Sources

Definitions from Goldstücker Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Index to the Names in the Mahabharata; Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872); Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899); The Purana Index.
Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon, University of Cologne.

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