Primary categories of habitation in the Vedic literature

Vedic literature shows that the primary categories of habitation were defined in terms of contrast between the grama  and the aranya or vana  . 

Grama

The Rig Veda uses the word grama to refer to a body of men. In fact, a later  Vedic text, the Shatapatha Brahmana, refers to a leader named Sharyata  Manava as roaming with his grama. Grama referred to a group of sajata kinsmen in the Yajurveda. It had the connotation of a pastoral group on the move.  Sometimes when pastoral groupscame together there was sangrama , literally coming together of villages. However, even in the time of the Rig  Veda, the word grama could also _____ ______ ________ ____ _______ ___ ___ _________ _____.
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