Aranyaka

Aranyaka (bahasa Sanskerta: आरण्यक, āraṇyaka) merupakan bagian dari Sruti; sastra suci ini disusun diawal masa awal Sanskerta klasik. Kata Aranyaka diterjemahkan sebagai "sastra rimba" yang merupakan buku panduan bagi para "sadu" untuk hidup di alam terbuka. Sastra ini merupakan kebalikan daripada Grhyasutra.

Bacaan lainnya

• Vaidik Sahitya aur Samskriti ka swarup (in Hindi) by Om Prakash Pande. Vishwa Prakashan (A unit of Wylie Eastern) 1994, New Delhi .ISBN 81-7328-037-1
• Aitareya Aranyaka–English Translation by A.B. Keith, London 1909
• Aitareya Aranyaka–A Study . Dr. Suman Sharma. Eastern Book Linkers. New Delhi 1981
• Taittiriya Aranyaka, with Sayana Bhashya . Anandashram, Pune 1926.
• B.D. Dhawan. Mysticism and Symbolism in Aitareya and Taittiriya Aranyakas, South Asia Books *(1989), ISBN 81-212-0094-6
• The Aitareya Aranyaka: Edited from the manuscripts in the India Office and the Library of the Royal Asiatic Society with introduction, translation, notes, ... unpublished of the Sankhayana Aranyaka, Eastern Book Linkers (1995) ISBN 81-86339-14-0
• Michael Witzel, Katha Aranyaka: Critical Edition with a Translation into German and an Introduction, Harvard Oriental Series, Harvard Department of Sanskrit and Indian Studies (2005) ISBN 0-674-01806-0