arañña
Arañña,(nt.) [Vedic araṇya; from araṇa,remote,+ ya.In the Rig V.araṇya still means remoteness (opp.to amā,at home).In the Ath V.it has come to mean wilderness or forest.Connected with ārād and āre,remote,far from].forest D.I,71; M.I,16; III,104; S.I,4,7,29,181,203 (mahā); A.I,60 (°vanapatthāni); II,252; III,135,138; Sn.39,53,119; Dh.99,329,330; It.90; Vv 567; Ps.I,176.[The commentators,give a wider meaning to the word.Thus the O.C.(Vin.III,46,quoted Vism.72 & SnA 83) says every place,except a village and the approach thereto,is arañña.See also Vin.III,51; DA.I,209; PvA.73; VvA.249; J.I,149,215; II,138; V,70].
--āyatana a forest haunt Vin.II,201; S.II,269; J.I,173; VvA.301; PvA.54,78,141.--kuṭikā a hut in the forest,a forest lodge S.I,61; III,116; IV,116,380; DhA.IV,31 (as v.l.; T.has °kuṭi).--gata gone into the forest (as loneliness) M.I,323; A.III,353; V,109 sq.,207,323 sq.--ṭhāna a place in the forest J.I,253.--vāsa a dwelling in the forest,a hermitage J.I,90.--vihāra living in (the) loneliness (of the forest) A.III,343 sq.(Page 76)