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āraññikeneva

āraññika

masc

1. forest monk; forest-dwelling ascetic
2. forest-; who lives in the forest

Analysis. āraññikena + eva; āraññikena + iva

Etymology. √ar > ār + aṇa + ya + *ika; from √ar 'move, attain'; Sanskrit āraṇyaka [ṛ]

Meanings from the Digital Pāḷi Dictionary; morphology and etymology by Claude.

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