Banian

In Bengal the word Banian, a corruption of Bania, has probably come to be a general term meaning simply a banker, or person dealing in money.

The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II R. V. Russell

The court determined that it need not decide whether it ought to apply the Boisson v. Banian test requiring an especially discerning observer for thinly protected works, because even under the ordinary observer test defendants were entitled to summary judgment.

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The court determined that it need not decide whether it ought to apply the Boisson v. Banian test requiring an especially discerning observer for thinly protected works, because even under the ordinary observer test defendants were entitled to summary judgment.

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The Banian, the Armenian, who pass their lives in wandering through all the east, in the capacity of money-brokers, can they exclaim, “My dear country, my dear country” — who have no other country than their purses and their account-books?

A Philosophical Dictionary 2007

Her panties blowing across the plains of this Los Banian dairy farm was merely a symbol of how quickly her carefully constructed world had unraveled.

One Of The Family Floyd, Susan 2000

And due to that sacrifice are the eternal Banian and the sacred Brahmasara.

The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 2 Books 4, 5, 6 and 7 Kisari Mohan [Translator] Ganguli

A report reached Samoa that the trees of Fiji had fought with the Banian tree, and that it had beaten them all.

Samoa, A Hundred Years Ago And Long Before George Turner

They reached Fiji, went on shore, and there stood the Banian tree.

Samoa, A Hundred Years Ago And Long Before George Turner

The Banian hospital at Surat is a most remarkable institution; it consists of a large plot of ground, enclosed with high walls, divided into several courts or wards, for the accommodation of animals; in sickness they are attended with the tenderest care, and find a peaceful asylum for the infirmities of age.

The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 10, No. 271, September 1, 1827 Various

Banian became the milker, torn buds became the milk, and the auspicious fig tree became the vessel.

The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 2 Books 4, 5, 6 and 7 Kisari Mohan [Translator] Ganguli