गृहस्थ
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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)
Descendants[edit]
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