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Aranyaka

DEFINITIONS OF: Aranyaka

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n a treatise resembling a Brahmana but to be read or expounded by anchorites in the quiet of the forest

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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
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