AraRyaka a. [ araRye BavaH vuY ] Relating to or produced in a forest, wild, forest-born (usually with the words aDyAya, manuzya, nyAya, paTin, vihAra , and hastin P. IV. 2. 129 Vārt). — kaH A forester, an inhabitant of the woods; tapaHzaqBAgamakzayyaM dadatyAraRyakA hi naH Ś. 2. 13 ; R. 5. 15. — kaM An Āraṇyaka; it is one of a class of religious and philosophical writings (connected with the Brāhmaṇas) which are either composed in forests, or must be studied there; e. g. EtareyAraRyakaM , bfhadAraRyakaM and tEttirIyAraRyakaM; araRye' nUcyamAnatvAt AraRyakaM Bṛ. Ār. Up. ; ( araRye' DyayanAdeva AraRyakamudAhftaM ). Comp. — kAMqaM the title of the third book of the Rāmāyaṇa.