Vāṇija [fr. vaṇij (vaṇik): see vaṇijjā; lit. son of a mer- chant; Vedic vāṇija] a merchant, trader Vin iii.6 (assa˚); Sn 614, 651, 1014; J v.156 (so read for va˚); Pv i.106; Dāvs i.58; KhA 224; SnA 251; PvA 47, 48, 100, 191, 215, 271. On similes with v. see J.P.T.S. 1907, 134.