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NAIMI\u1e62\u0100RA\u1e46YA: A BACKDROP FOR NARRATIONS<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ara\u1e47ya<\/em> is a Sanskrit word signifying the meaning as forest. The word is derived from the root \u221a\u1e5b<\/em> meaning \u2018to go\u2019. It is further explained as aryate gamyate \u015be\u1e63e vayasi <\/em>\u00a0\u201cthe place which is fit to reside in at the later stage of the life\u201d. This shade of the meaning definitely refers to the V\u0101naprastha stage of life according to ancient Hindu system. These forests have played very important role in social and philosophical history of India. An entire section of Vedic literature namely \u0100ra\u1e47yakas was composed in the forests. The foresters\u2019 life was also considered as important and stay in forests is included in framework of Dharma\u015b\u0101stras. Ara\u1e47yas were used in ancient India as place for study, place for contemplation, place for performance of various sacrifices. Therefore, it is not at all surprising that ample references of some specific forests like Da\u1e47\u1e0dak\u0101ra\u1e47ya, Naimi\u1e63\u0101ra\u1e47ya can be found in Sanskrit literature especially in Epic and Pur\u0101\u1e47ic literature. Very often it is described as sages staying or coming together in a forest used to perform sacrifices of different types like Satra. This provided very suitable environment for Pur\u0101\u1e47a narration. Naimi\u1e63\u0101ra\u1e47ya is mentioned in K\u0101\u1e6dhaka-Sa\u1e41hit\u0101, T\u0101\u1e47\u1e0dya-Mah\u0101br\u0101hma\u1e47a, Ch\u0101ndogya<\/em>–Upani\u1e63ad<\/em>, R\u0101m\u0101ya\u1e47a<\/em> and Mah\u0101bh\u0101rata<\/em> and many of the Pur\u0101\u1e47as. Mah\u0101bh\u0101rata<\/em> mentions clearly that Sauti narrated Mah\u0101bh\u0101rata<\/em> to sage \u015aaunaka and other sages. This forest appears as the location of narration in case of some Pur\u0101\u1e47as also. The paper aims at understanding the significance of Naimi\u1e63\u0101ra\u1e47ya as the location of \u201cNarrations\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" CHINMAYI DEODHAR drchinmayideodhar@gmail.com MADHAVI NARSALAY \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 madhavinarsalay@yahoo.comUniversity of Mumbai\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 NAIMI\u1e62\u0100RA\u1e46YA: A BACKDROP FOR NARRATIONS Ara\u1e47ya is a Sanskrit word signifying the meaning as forest. The word is derived from the root \u221a\u1e5b meaning \u2018to go\u2019. It is further explained as aryate gamyate \u015be\u1e63e vayasi \u00a0\u201cthe place which is fit to reside in at the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2129","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dicsep.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2129","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dicsep.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dicsep.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dicsep.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dicsep.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2129"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dicsep.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2129\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2130,"href":"https:\/\/dicsep.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2129\/revisions\/2130"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dicsep.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2129"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}