དགོན་པ་པ་

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དགོན་པ་པ། (Wyl. dgon pa pa ) Pron.: gönpa pa

  • Skt. आरण्यकः, āraṇyaka, Pron.: aranyaka. From Sanskrit: forest, wild, forest-born, produced in a forest, relating to a forest or a forest animal, (the | of the Mahā-bhārata is either the whole third book or only the first section of it | a forester, an inhabitant of the woods | 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.) [Mahavyutpatti] [Sanskrit] MVP MW