[Newar caste] Bania (Devanagari: बनिया) is a Nepalese caste from the Newar community of the Kathmandu Valley in Nepal. The name Bania is derived from the Sanskrit word vanijya (merchant); by preference, Newar Banias anglicise their name as Bania rather than Baniya in order to distinguish themselves from the Indo-Nepali trading cas...
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[caste] The Bania (otherwise known as Baniya, Vani and Vania) is an occupational community of merchants, bankers, money-lenders, dealers in grains or in spices, and in modern times numerous commercial enterprises. The term is used in a wider sense in Bengal than it is elsewhere in India, where it is applied to specific castes. ==Etymology==...
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(from Sanskrit vijya, `trade`), Indian caste consisting generally of moneylenders or merchants, found chiefly in northern and western India; strictly ...
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India Refers to a Hindu from the shopkeeper or merchant caste
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The Bania are a Hindu caste of traders (Vishnuites). They are vegetarian and distinguished by thrift and commercial acumen.
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