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Pali-English dictionary

Source: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionary

vanika : (adj.) (in cpds.) belonging to a forest.

Source: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

Vanika, =vanaka; only in cpd. nāga° one belonging to the elephant forest, i e. an elephant-hunter M. I, 175; III, 132. (Page 600)

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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.

Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

vaṇīka (वणीक) [or वणीज, vaṇīja].—m (vaṇik or vaṇij S) A seller of grain, groceries, and the ordinary householdnecessaries, a vāṇī or Banyan.

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

vaṇīka (वणीक) [-ja, -ज].—m A grocer.

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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.

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Vanikā (वनिका).—A little wood; as in अशोकवनिका (aśokavanikā).

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Vanīka (वनीक).—A beggar.

Derivable forms: vanīkaḥ (वनीकः).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

Vaṇika (वणिक).—(perhaps hyper-Sanskrit for Prakrit vaṇiya = next; or, a-extension of Sanskrit vaṇik, n. sg. treated as ‘stem’, § 15.8, owing to its use as stem in composition; according to Senart i.367 MIndic vaṇi (= vaṇij) plus -ka; the parallel *bhiṣaka there cited is a false form; Saddharmapuṇḍarīka 292.11, verse, reads bhiṣaṭka without v.l., and *bhiṣaka would be metrical(ly) impossible), merchant: vaṇika-śreṣṭhi-bhūtena Mahāvastu i.1.8 (prose).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Vanikā (वनिका).—f.

(-kā) A woody place, a grove. E. vanī, and kan added.

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Vanīka (वनीक).—m.

(-kaḥ) A beggar; also vanīyaka .

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Vanīka (वनीक).—and vanīyaka vanīyaka (vb. van), m. A beggar.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Vanikā (वनिका).—[feminine] little wood, grove (only —°).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Vanikā (वनिका):—[from van] f. a little wood, grove, [Mahābhārata; Rāmāyaṇa] etc. (only in aśoka-v; once in [Rāmāyaṇa] -vanika n.)

2) Vanīka (वनीक):—[from van] ([cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]) ([cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.] and, [Siṃhāsana-dvātriṃśikā or vikramāditya-caritra, jaina recension] [varia lectio]) m. a beggar, mendicant.

3) Vānika (वानिक):—[from vāna] mfn. ([probably]) living in the wood, [Bhav.]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Vanikā (वनिका):—(kā) 1. f. A grove.

2) Vanīka (वनीक):—(kaḥ) 1. m. A beggar.

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

Vanikā (वनिका) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Vaṇiā.

[Sanskrit to German]

Vanika in German

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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.

Hindi dictionary

Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

Vaṇika (वणिक) [Also spelled vanik]:—(nm) a trader, businessman, merchant; a member of the Vaishya community; -[karma] ([kriyā]) work of a trader, trading.

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Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Vaṇika (ವಣಿಕ):—[noun] a man who buys and sells commodities for profit; a merchant; a trader.

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

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Starts with: Vanikaccam, Vanikaccattu, Vanikacceti, Vanikai, Vanikajya, Vanikakkaykaripputu, Vanikam, Vanikama, Vanikapatam, Vanikar-arutolil, Vanikar-enkunam, Vanikarana, Vanikartolil, Vanikas, Vanikatrina, Vanikavasa, Vanikavenri, Vanikavi, Vanikavrata, Vanikavritti.

Ends with (+42): Abhijivanika, Adhvanika, Ajivanika, Alavanika, Antaryavanika, Ashokavanika, Ashvanika, Atharvanika, Atharvvanika, Bahiryavanika, Bhavanika, Brihacchvanika, Brihachchhvanika, Brihashvanika, Citrajavanika, Daivanika, Dakalavanika, Devanika, Dharmashravanika, Dhavanika.

Full-text: Khadiravanika, Ashokavanika, Vania, Vanikai, Vanijaka, Vanikapatam, Vaniga, Vanikas, Agrivaniya, Nagavanika, Vanij, Attiyanika, Vanikam, Vanija, Ashokavanikanyaya, Trijata, Ashoka.

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