संस्‍कृतशब्‍दकोशः

आरण्यक

जंगल से सम्बद्ध

pertaining to forest or wilderness

Monier–Williams

आरण्यक — {āraṇyaka} mfn. forest, wild, forest-born, produced in a forest, relating to a forest or a forest animal, (the {āraṇyakam parva} of the Mahā-bhārata is either the whole third book or only the first section of it)##m. a forester, an inhabitant of the woods &c##({am}), n. N. of a class of religious and philosophical writings closely connected with the Brāhmaṇas and called Āraṇyakas because either composed in forests or studied there, (the Upanishads are considered to be attached to them.)