वणिक (vaNika)
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Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid
Englishvaṇika (perh. hyper-Skt. for Pkt. vaṇiya = next
or, a-extension of Skt. vaṇik, n. sg. treated as ‘stem’, 〔§ 15.8〕, owing to its use as stem in composition
acc. to Senart 〔i.367〕 MIndic vaṇi (= vaṇij) plus -ka
the parallel *bhiṣaka there cited is a false form
SP 〔292.11〕, vs, reads bhiṣaṭka without v.l., and *bhiṣaka would be metr. impossible), merchant: vaṇika-śreṣṭhi-bhūtena Mv 〔i.1.8〕 (prose).
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