गृहस्थ gr̥ihasth

गृहस्थ gṛhastha grihasth (nm) a householder.

गृहस्थ, adj. & m. being a householder; a householder; a brāhmaṇ carrying out the obligations of domestic life. ˚ई, adj. & m. domestic; a household; householder.

gr̤iha-stha, vulg. gr̤ihasth, gr̤ihast, grahast, girhast, girhist, adj. & s.m. (fr. -ā), Living or staying in a house; being a householder; — worthy of trust, trusty; — a householder, head of a family, master of a house; — a Brāhmaṇ in the second period of his religious life, or one who after having finished his studies, and after investiture with the sacred thread, performs the duties of the master of a house and the father of a family; — a husbandman, a peasant.