araṇa
Araṇa，2 （nt．） [a + raṇa] quietude，peace Nett 55 （+ tāṇa），176 （or as adj．= peaceful） ThA．134 （+ saraṇa）; Vbh．19 sq．（opp．saraṇa）．See saraṇa2．
--vihārin （or araṇā-vihārin） [to be most likely taken as araṇā°，Abl．of araṇa in function of ārakā，i．e．adv．far from，away; the spelling araṇa would refer it to araṇa2．As regards meaning the P．Commentators expln． it as opp．of raṇa fight，battle，i．e．peacefullness，friendliness & see in it a syn．of metta．Thus Dhammapāla at PvA．230 expls． it as “mettā-vihārin”，& in this meaning it is found freq．in BSk．e．g．Divy 401; Av．Ś II．131 （q．v．for further ref．under note 3）; M Vastu I．165; II，292．Cp．also the epithet of the Buddhas raṇañjaha] one who lives in seclusion，an anchoret，hermit; hence a harmless，peaceful person A．I，24; Th．2，358，360; Pv IV．133 （= PvA．230）; ThA．244．Cp．Dhs．trsl．336．（Page 76）