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| Aranyaka |
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| SYLLABICATION: | A·ra·nya·ka |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  är  -nyä k, -ny- |
| NOUN: | Any of several Sanskrit religious and philosophical treatises, closely connected with the Brahmanas and Upanishads, and intended to be read by hermits in the quiet of the forest. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Sanskrit  ra yakam, from neuter sing. of  rayaka-, pertaining to the forest, from raya-, from arayam, foreign land, wilderness, forest, from araa-, distant, foreign. See al-1 in Appendix I.
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