Crossword-Solution: BANIA
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| Word | Anagrams | |
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| BANIA | anagram | INABA |
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| Clue | Answers |
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| INDIAN caste | 21 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
AETER
Hint 3 another clue
greedy person
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Sentences with BANIA (5)
Telis or oilmen, who have taken to vending liquor, now form a subcaste of the Kalar caste called Teli-Kalar; those who have become shopkeepers are called Teli-Bania and may in time become an inferior section of the Bania caste.
The name Vaishya is now frequently restricted to the Bania caste of bankers, shopkeepers and moneylenders, and hence the Banias are often supposed to be the descendants and only modern representatives of the original Vaishyas.
Evidence has been given in the article on Bania to show that the existing Bania caste is mainly derived from the Rajputs.
The name Bani, a merchant or trader, is found at an early period, but whether it denoted a regular Bania caste may be considered as uncertain.
Most of the important Bania subcastes belonged originally to Rajputana and Central India, which are also the homes of the Rajputs, and reasons have been given in the article on Bania for holding that they are derived from the Rajputs.