# अरण्यानि (araṇyāni)

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अरण्यानि (araṇyāni) is a Sanskrit word meaning a desert or large forest, the goddess of the wilderness and desert, a large wilderness, desert, or forest, the goddess of the wilderness and mother of wild animals, a wilderness or great forest, the genius of the forest. Its 6 recorded definitions are grouped into 3 contexts, among them Wilderness and its presiding deity/spirit (combined), A large wild area (forest, wilderness, desert), Goddess/Spirit of the wilderness.

- **SLP1:** `araRyAni`  **IAST:** araṇyāni  **Devanagari:** अरण्यानि
- **Wikipedia:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aranyani
- **Declensions:** 72 forms — https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/aranyani/declensions.md
- **Other headwords romanised the same way:** अरण्यानी (araṇyānī)

## Meanings by context

### Wilderness and its presiding deity/spirit (combined) (3 definitions)
- 1. A wilderness or great forest. 2. The genius of the forest.  
  *Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > अरण्यानि (araṇyāni) [Printed book page 026-3 ] अरण्यानि (araṇyāni) araṇyāní, ° नी (°nī) -nī́, f. wilderness; great forest; genius of the forest. [ ID=2536 ]
- A wilderness and the deity of the wilderness.  
  *Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > अरण्यानि (araṇyāni) [Printed book page 040 ] अरण्यानि (araṇyāni) f. wilderness and the deity of the wilderness. [ ID=2746 ]
- 1. A large wilderness, desert, or forest. 2. The goddess of the wilderness and mother of wild animals.  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872)*
  > अरण्यानि (araṇyāni) [Printed book page 0080-c ] Araṇyāni, is, or araṇyānī, f. a wilderness, desert, large forest; the goddess of the wilderness and desert, and mother of wild animals. [ ID=5723 ]

### A large wild area (forest, wilderness, desert) (2 definitions)
- a desert or large forest  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H2) [Printed book page 86,3] अरण्यानि (araṇyāni) or अरण्यानी (araṇyānī), f. a desert, large forest, Ṛg-veda (Title) x, 146, 4; Atharva-veda (Title) &c. [ ID=15124 ]
- A large forest  
  *Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > अरण्यानि (araṇyāni) [Printed book page 062-02 ] अरण्यानी ( नि ) (araṇyānī(ni)) f. A large forest. [ ID=3234.1 ]

### Goddess/Spirit of the wilderness (1 definition)
- the goddess of the wilderness and desert  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > the goddess of the wilderness and desert, Ṛg-veda (Title) x, 146, 1 - 6. [ ID=15125 ]

## Sources

Definitions from Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872); Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899); Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary.
Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon, University of Cologne.

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