áraṇya n. (fr. 1. áraṇa; fr. √ ṛ, [Uṇ.]), a foreign or distant land, [RV. i, 163, 11] and [vi, 24, 10]
a wilderness, desert, forest, [AV.]; [VS.] &c.
áraṇya m. the tree also called Kaṭphala, [L.]
N. of a son of the Manu Raivata, [Hariv. 434]
of a Sādhya, [ib.] [11536]
of a teacher (disciple of Pṛthvīdhara).