Vakanivisa, Vākanivīsa: 2 definitions

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[«previous next»] — Vakanivisa in Marathi glossary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

vākanivīsa (वाकनिवीस).—or -nīsa m ( P) An officer on a great man's establishment. He is the provedore or caterer, and the manager generally of the business of the household. He thus corresponds well with Major domo. The sense in Persian is Recorder or writer of passing occurrences; a News-writer or intelligencer &c.; but this sense is little known. vākanīsa was one of Shivaji's principal officers. His duty was to keep the private journals, records, and letters. He was further Superintendent of the household troops and establishment.

Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English

vākanivīsa (वाकनिवीस) [-nīsa, -नीस].—m An officer on a great man's establishment.

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Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.

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