गृहस्थ
Hindi edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Sanskrit गृहस्थ (gṛhastha).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
गृहस्थ • (gŕhasth) m
- householder (a person supports a family)
- (Hinduism, historical) a brahman performing the duty of a householder
Declension edit
Declension of गृहस्थ (masc cons-stem)
Derived terms edit
- गृहस्थी (gŕhasthī)
References edit
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “गृहस्थ”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
Sanskrit edit
Noun edit
गृहस्थ • (gṛhastha) stem, m
- a householder, Brahman in the 2nd period of his religious life (performing the duties of the master of a house and father of a family after having finished his studies and after investiture with the sacred thread
Related terms edit
- गृह (gṛha)