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ARANYAKA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A treatise resembling a Brahmana but to be read or expounded by anchorites in the quiet of the forest
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Instance hypernyms:
Veda; Vedic literature ((from the Sanskrit word for 'knowledge') any of the most ancient sacred writings of Hinduism written in early Sanskrit; traditionally believed to comprise the Samhitas, the Brahmanas, the Aranyakas, and the Upanishads)