Definition of Bania

1. an Indian fig tree [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Bania

bangs
bangster
bangsters
bangstick
bangsticks
bangtail muster
bangtail musters
bangtails
bangy
banhammer
banhammered
banhammering
banhammers
bani
bania (current term)
baniak
banian
banian tree
banians
banias
baning
banish
banish'd
banishable
banished
banisher
banishers
banishes
banishing

Literary usage of Bania

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Journal of the American Oriental Society by American Oriental Society (1901)
"bania caste I have little information to give; although what I had seen of its temples, worship, and burning ghat the day before, ..."

2. Indian Folklore (being a Collection of Tales Illustrating the Customs and by Ganeshji Jethabhai (1903)
"The bania and the Burglars. burglars having broken into the house of a bania at midnight and failing to find anything of value in the house ..."

3. The Christian Remembrancer by William Scott (1845)
"... sollicitudinem ple- bania; sua; tam in rusticos tam in sacerdotes in divinis et vitac circum- ..."

4. History of the Parsis: Including Their Manners, Customs, Religion, and by Dosabhai Framji Karaka (1884)
"Parsi qualities—The “bania “—The commerce of Bombay—Extent of Parsi enterprise—Parsi bankers —Cotton .mills--A large engine—Old Parsi weavers—The ..."

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