trade, trading MN.ii.198; Snp.404 (payojaye dhammikaṃ so vaṇijjaṃ); AN.ii.81 sq.; Pv.i.5#6 (no trade among the Petas); Ja.i.169; Pv-a.47 (tela˚) Sdhp.332, Sdhp.390
■ Five trades must not be carri …

trade, trading Vin.iv.6 (as one of the exalted professions); Pv-a.111, Pv-a.201 Pv-a.273, Pv-a.277.

fr. vāṇija, cp. vaṇijjā

the doing, deed, work orig. meaning (see karoti) either building (cp. Lit kùrti, Opr. kūra to build) or weaving, plaiting (still in mālākamma and latā˚ “the intertwining of garland …

…Pv.i.5#6 (k˚, gorakkha, vaṇijjā); Pv-a.7 Sdhp.390 (k˚, vaṇijjā); Vv-a.63
■ -ṃ kasati to plough to till the land Ja.i.277;…

…Pv.i.5#6 (k˚, gorakkha, vaṇijjā); Pv-a.7 Sdhp.390 (k˚, vaṇijjā); Vv-a.63
■ -ṃ kasati to plough to till the land Ja.i.277;…

1. to undertake, engage in, begin DN.i.71 (kammante “set a business on foot”) AN.ii.82 (kammantaṃ); Snp.404 (vaṇijjaṃ); Ja.i.61; Pv-a.130 (kammaṃ).
2. to prepare, apply, use, put to, employ Pv-a.46 …

…saṅkhāra-loka
■ vaṇijjā slave trade DN-a.i.235 = AN.iii.208 (C.: manussa-vikkaya).

cp, Vedic sattva living being, satvan…

…an assassin Vin.iii.73

• -vaṇijjā trade in arms AN.iii.208.
• -hāraka an assassin Vin.iii.73;…

…anointing (the body) with oil Mil.11;

• -miñjaka an oil-cake Pv-a.51
• -vaṇijjā oil trade…

the sesame plant & its seed (usually the latter, out of which oil is prepared: see tela), Sesamum Indicum. Often comb^d with taṇḍula e.g. AN.i.130 = Pp …

…[Sk. tādṛsī] Pv.i.5#6 (vaṇijjā).

Vedic tādṛśa from tad-dṛsa = tad-rūpa; a reduction of this form in P….

…Vb-a.89; DN-a.i.39. -vaṇijjā trading with poison AN.iii.208. -vijjā science of poison…

…v. see J.P.T.S. 1907, 134. Vanijaka = vanija

fr. vaṇij (vaṇik): see vaṇijjā; lit. son of a merchant; Vedic…