A·ra·nya·ka 
(ärə-nyä′kə, -nyə-)
(ärə-nyä′kə, -nyə-)n.
Any of several Sanskrit religious and philosophical treatises, closely connected with the Brahmanas and Upanishads, and intended to be read by hermits in the quiet of the forest.
[Sanskrit Āraṇyakam, from neuter sing. of āraṇyaka-, pertaining to the forest, from āraṇya-, from araṇyam, foreign land, wilderness, forest, from araṇa-, distant, foreign; see al-1 in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.]