Vanijaka, Vāṇijaka, Vaṇijaka, Vanija-ka: 10 definitions
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India history and geography
Vāṇijaka.—(EI 15; LL), a merchant. Note: vāṇijaka is defined in the “Indian epigraphical glossary” as it can be found on ancient inscriptions commonly written in Sanskrit, Prakrit or Dravidian languages.
See also (synonyms): Vāṇija.
The history of India traces the identification of countries, villages, towns and other regions of India, as well as mythology, zoology, royal dynasties, rulers, tribes, local festivities and traditions and regional languages. Ancient India enjoyed religious freedom and encourages the path of Dharma, a concept common to Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism.
Languages of India and abroad
Pali-English dictionary
vāṇijaka : (m.) a merchant; trader.
Vāṇijaka, =vāṇijā S. II, 215 (sūci°); J. III, 540. (Page 607)
vāṇijaka (ဝါဏိဇက) [(pu) (ပု)]—
[vāṇija+ka．vāṇija(2)-．vāṇijaka-saṃ．vāṇiaga-prā,vāṇiyaga-addhamāgadhī．]
[ဝါဏိဇ+က။ ဝါဏိဇ(၂)-လည်းကြည့်။ ဝါဏိဇက-သံ။ ဝါဏိအဂ-ပြာ၊ ဝါဏိယဂ-အဒ္ဓမာဂဓီ။]
[Pali to Burmese]
vāṇijaka—
(Burmese text): (၁) ကုန်သည်။ (၂) ပျားကုန်သည်။ (၃) မြင်းကုန်သည်။ (၄) ခြေလျင်ကုန်သည်၊ ခြေကုန်သည်။ (၅) အဝတ်အထည်-ပုဆိုး-ကုန်သည်။ (၆) ကုန်သည်နှင့်တူသော၊ သူ (ပုဏ္ဏား)။ (၇) မဟာဝါဏိဇဇာတ်။ ဝါဏိဇ (၂)-လည်းကြည့်။
(Auto-Translation): (1) Merchant. (2) Bee merchant. (3) Horse merchant. (4) Footwear merchant, shoe merchant. (5) Clothing - robe - merchant. (6) Similar to merchant, that (scoundrel). (7) Maha Vanijja Jataka. Also see Vanija (2).
Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.
Sanskrit dictionary
Vaṇijaka (वणिजक).—A merchant.
Derivable forms: vaṇijakaḥ (वणिजकः).
1) Vaṇijaka (वणिजक):—[from vaṇij] m. a merchant, trader, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
2) Vāṇijaka (वाणिजक):—[from vāṇija] m. a merchant, [Mahābhārata; Harivaṃśa]
3) [v.s. ...] the submarine fire, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
Vaṇijaka (वणिजक):—m. Kaufmann [Medinīkoṣa r. 176.]
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Vāṇijaka (वाणिजक):—m.
1) = vāṇija
1) [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa 3, 3, 42.] [Medinīkoṣa j. 26. k. 203.] [Mahābhārata 14, 4283] [?(= Manu’s Gesetzbuch 3, 181], wo die v. l. gleichfalls vāṇijaka hat). [6028.] [Harivaṃśa 11148.] [Rāmāyaṇa Gorresio 2, 90, 26.] [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 31, 4.] vāṇijakavidha = vāṇijakānāṃ viṣayo deśaḥ gaṇa bhaurikyādi zu [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 4, 2, 54.] dharma mit seinen Tugenden Handel treibend so v. a. die Tugend des Vortheils wegen ausübend [Mahābhārata 13, 7595]; vgl. dharmabāṇijika und dharmadhvaja . —
2) = vāṇija
2) [Medinīkoṣa k. 203.]
Vāṇijaka (वाणिजक) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Vāṇiaya.
Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
Kannada-English dictionary
Vaṇijaka (ವಣಿಜಕ):—[noun] = ವಣಿಕ [vanika].
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches (+0): Vanija, Ka.
Starts with (+0): Vanijakabrahmana, Vanijakagama, Vanijakamma, Vanijakarana, Vanijakasama, Vanijakavidha, Vanijakopama.
Full-text (+0): Pancasatavanijaka, Vanijakasama, Gunavanijaka, Vanijakagama, Vanijakabrahmana, Govanijaka, Vanijakopama, Dharmavanijaka, Kulalabhandavanijakapana, Vanijika, Vanijakavidha, Sucivanijaka, Vanija, Takkavanijaka, Vaniaya, Anyataranyatara, Nivara.
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