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araṇi

aráṇi f. ‘being fitted into’ or ‘turning round’, the piece of wood (taken from the Ficus Religiosa or Premna Spinosa) used for kindling fire by attrition, [RV.] &c. (generally distinction is made between the lower one and the upper one, adharāraṇí and uttarāraṇi, the former may also be meant by alone without adhara)

(figuratively) a mother, [Hariv.] (cf. pāṇḍávāraṇi and surāraṇi)

aráṇi m. the plant Premna Spinosa, [L.]

the sun, [L.]

á-raṇi f. discomfort, pain, [AV. i, 18, 2.]

accord. to some, ‘uncouthness’ [[Sāy.] reads araṇīm], [AV. i, 18, 2].