Alternative spellings of this word include Vinimay.

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Pali-English dictionary

Source: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionary

vinimaya : (m.) reciprocity

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

Vinimaya, (fr. vi+nimināti) reciprocity, barter, exchange J. II, 369. (Page 625)

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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

vinimaya (विनिमय).—m S Barter or exchange.

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

vinimaya (विनिमय).—m Exchange, barter. vicāravinimaya Exchange of thoughts.

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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

Vinimaya (विनिमय).—[vinime1 Ā.]

1) Exchange, barter; कार्यविनिमयेन (kāryavinimayena) M.1; संपद्विनिमयेनोभौ दधतुर्भुवनद्वयम् (saṃpadvinimayenobhau dadhaturbhuvanadvayam) R.1.26; वर्णया- कर्णितं मह्यमेह्यालि विनिमीयताम् (varṇayā- karṇitaṃ mahyamehyāli vinimīyatām) N.2.113.

2) A pledge, deposit, security.

3) Transmutation (of letters).

4) Reciprocity; तेजोवारिमृदां यथा विनिमयः (tejovārimṛdāṃ yathā vinimayaḥ) Bhāgavata 1.1.1.

Derivable forms: vinimayaḥ (विनिमयः).

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

Vinimaya (विनिमय).—m.

(-yaḥ) 1. Barter, exchange. 2. A pledge, a deposit or security. E. vi and ni, prefixed to mī to go, aff. ac .

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

Vinimaya (विनिमय).—i. e. vi-ni-me + a, m. 1. Barter, exchange, [Mālavikāgnimitra, (ed. Tullberg.)] [distich] 31; instr. alternately, [Raghuvaṃśa, (ed. Stenzler.)] 1, 26. 2. A pledge, a deposit.

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

Vinimaya (विनिमय).—[masculine] change, permutation, reciprocity.

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

1) Vinimaya (विनिमय):—[=vi-ni-maya] m. (√me) exchange, barter (ena, alternately), [Āpastamba; Mahābhārata; Kāvya literature] etc.

2) [v.s. ...] mutual engagement, reciprocity (See kārya-vin)

3) [v.s. ...] a pledge, deposit, security, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

4) [v.s. ...] transmutation (of letters), [Monier-Williams’ Sanskrit-English Dictionary]

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

Vinimaya (विनिमय):—[vi-ni-maya] (yaḥ) 1. m. Barter; deposit.

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

Vinimaya (विनिमय) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Vinimaya.

[Sanskrit to German]

Vinimaya 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

Vinimaya (विनिमय) [Also spelled vinimay]:—(nm) exchange; ~[maya-dara] rate of exchange; ~[maya-patra] a letter of exchange; ~[meya] exchangeable; ~[meyatā] exchangeability.

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Prakrit-English dictionary

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

Vinimaya (विनिमय) in the Prakrit language is related to the Sanskrit word: Vinimaya.

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Prakrit is an ancient language closely associated with both Pali and Sanskrit. Jain literature is often composed in this language or sub-dialects, such as the Agamas and their commentaries which are written in Ardhamagadhi and Maharashtri Prakrit. The earliest extant texts can be dated to as early as the 4th century BCE although core portions might be older.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Vinimaya (ವಿನಿಮಯ):—

1) [noun] a giving or taking of one thing for another; the act of bartering; an exchange.

2) [noun] the act of pawning anything as security, as for a debt.

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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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Vini, Maya.

Starts with: Vinimaya-adhikosha, Vinimaya-hulaka, Vinimaya-vyavastha, Vinimayam.

Ends with: Karyavinimaya, Maudrika-vinimaya, Sadrigvinimaya, Sadrikshavinimaya, Sadrishavinimaya, Sampadvinimaya, Udyogavinimaya, Vastuvinimaya, Vicaravinimaya, Videshivinimaya.

Full-text: Sadrishavinimaya, Vastuvinimaya, Sampadvinimaya, Vinimaya-vyavastha, Vinimayam, Vinimaya-hulaka, Karyavinimaya, Vinimay-vyavastha, Videsi, Sadrigvinimaya, Vimaya, Sadrikshavinimaya, Vinimay, Vastu, Parivritti, Ashtabhoga, Bandhaka, Trairashika, Ma.

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