merchant, trader Vin.iii.6 (assa˚;) Snp.614, Snp.651, Snp.1014; Ja.v.156 (so read for va˚); Pv.i.10#6 Dāvs i.58; Kp-a.224; Snp-a.251; Pv-a.47, Pv-a.48, Pv-a.100, Pv-a.191 Pv-a.215, Pv-a.271. On similes with v. see J.P.T.S. 1907, 134. Vanijaka = vanija

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