Vanin (adjective/noun) [either from Sanskrit vani (= Pāli vaṇi) in meaning "begging," or poetical abbreviation of vaṇibbin] poor, begging; one who asks (for alms) or begs, a mendicant Ja VI 232 (= vanibbaka commentary). {601}
vanin a. Ved. 1 Worshipping. 2 Desiring. 3 Giving, bestowing. 4 A bounding in water. 5 Living in a forest, — m. 1 A tree. 2 The Soma plant. 3 A Brāhmaṇa in the third stage of his life, a Vānaprastha, q. v.