bania

[ ban-yuh ]

noun

1. variant of banyan ( def 2 ).

Word History and Origins

Origin of bania¹

First recorded in 1590–1600

Example Sentences

A subcaste of Bania, whose name is derived from the same place.

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Another more ambitious legend derives their origin from the Bania caste.

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And the Bania did so, but when he had almost got home he could not help looking behind him to see if there were really any sheep.

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They say that once a Bania was walking along the road with a cocoanut in his hand when Vishnu met him and asked him what it was.

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The Bania asked what he should do with it, and Vishnu told him to make a blanket out of it for the god to sit on.

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