bhāṇaka

Bhāṇaka1

adjective noun speaking; (n.) a reciter, repeater, preacher (of sections of the Scriptures), like Aṅguttara˚; Vism.74 sq.; Dīgha˚; DN-a.i.15, DN-a.i.131; Ja.i.59 Vism.36, Vism.266; Jātaka˚; etc. Mil.341 sq.; Majjhima˚ Vism.95 (Revatthera), Vism.275, Vism.286, Vism.431; Saṃyutta˚; Vism.313 (Cūḷa-Sivatthera). Unspecified at Snp-a.70 (Kalyāṇavihāravāsi-bhāṇaka-dahara-bhikkhu; reading doubtful)
■ f. bhāṇikā Vin.iv.285 (Thullanandā bahussutā bhāṇikā); also in cpd. mañju-bhāṇikā sweet-voiced uttering sweet words Ja.vi.422.

fr. bhaṇati

Bhāṇaka2

a jar Vin.ii.170 (loha˚), Vin.iii.90.

cp. Sk. bhāṇḍaka a small box: Kathāsarits. 24, 163; & see Müller, P.Gr. p. 48