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vaṇijjaṁ

Vaṇijjā

feminine trade, trading MN.ii.198 ; Snp.404 (payojaye dhammikaṃ so vaṇijjaṃ); AN.ii.81 sq.; Pv.i.5#6 (no trade among the Petas); Ja.i.169 ; Pv-a.47 (tela˚) Sdhp.332 , Sdhp.390 ■ Five trades must not be carried on by lay followers of the Buddha, viz. sattha˚ ; trade in swords satta˚ ; in living being

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1. Vaṇijjā

feminine trade, trading MN.ii.198; Snp.404 (payojaye dhammikaṃ so vaṇijjaṃ); AN.ii.81 sq.; Pv.i.5#6 (no trade among the Petas); Ja.i.169; Pv-a.47 (tela˚) Sdhp.332, Sdhp.390
Five trades must not be carried on by lay followers of the Buddha, viz. sattha˚; trade in swords satta˚; in living beings, maṃsa˚; in meat, majja˚; in intoxicants, visa˚; in poisons AN.iii.208, quoted at DN-a.i.235 and Snp-a.379.

Vedic vaṇijyā, fr. vaṇij˚ (vaṇik) merchant, cp. vāṇija & vaṇibbaka

2. Vāṇijjā

feminine trade, trading Vin.iv.6 (as one of the exalted professions); Pv-a.111, Pv-a.201 Pv-a.273, Pv-a.277.

fr. vāṇija, cp. vaṇijjā

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