Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p The Aranyakas (Sanskrit āraṇyaka आरण्यक) are part of the Hindu śruti, the four Vedas; they were composed in late Vedic Sanskrit typical of the Brahmanas and early Upanishads; indeed, they frequently form part of either the Brahmanas or the Upanishads."Aranyaka" (āraṇyaka) means "belonging to the wilderness" (araṇya), that is, as Taittiriya Ar. 2 says, "from where one cannot see the roofs of the settlement", which does not indicate a forested area. However, the term still is frequently, but mistakingly, translated as "Forest Books" instead of "Wilderness Texts" in English.They contain Brahmana-style discussion of ritual regarded as especially dangerous, such as the Mahavrata and Pravargya, and therefore had to be learned in the wilderness.They have also served as receptacles of later additions to the Vedic corpus. They are much closer in content to the Brahmanas than the esoteric Upanishads.. }
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- Aranyaka abstract "The Aranyakas (Sanskrit āraṇyaka आरण्यक) are part of the Hindu śruti, the four Vedas; they were composed in late Vedic Sanskrit typical of the Brahmanas and early Upanishads; indeed, they frequently form part of either the Brahmanas or the Upanishads."Aranyaka" (āraṇyaka) means "belonging to the wilderness" (araṇya), that is, as Taittiriya Ar. 2 says, "from where one cannot see the roofs of the settlement", which does not indicate a forested area. However, the term still is frequently, but mistakingly, translated as "Forest Books" instead of "Wilderness Texts" in English.They contain Brahmana-style discussion of ritual regarded as especially dangerous, such as the Mahavrata and Pravargya, and therefore had to be learned in the wilderness.They have also served as receptacles of later additions to the Vedic corpus. They are much closer in content to the Brahmanas than the esoteric Upanishads.".