आरण्यक mfn. mfn. forest, wild, forest-born, produced in a forest, relating to a forest or a forest animal, (the
आरण्यकम् पर्व of the
महा-भारत is either the whole third book or only the first section of it)
आरण्यक m. m. a forester, an inhabitant of the woods,
[MBh.] ;
[Ragh. &c.] आरण्यक n. n.N. of a class of religious and philosophical writings closely connected with the
ब्राह्मणs and called
आरण्यकs because either composed in forests or studied there, (the
उपनिषद्s are considered to be attached to them.)