गृहस्थ (gṛhastha) is a Sanskrit word meaning living or staying in any one's house, a housewife, a householder, living in a house, being in a house, abiding in a house. Its 11 recorded definitions are grouped into 3 contexts, among them Male householder (often in Gṛhastha āśrama), Adjective: residing/staying in a house, Female householder / Housewife (gṛhasthā).
A householder or Brahman in the second stage of religious life.
गृह (gṛha)—स्थ (—stha)m. a householder, Brāhman 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; cf.Religious Thought and Life in India, also called ’Brāhmanism and Hindūism,’ by Sir M. Monier-Williams (Title) pp. 138 ; 150 ; 362 & 386 ), Gaut.; Āp.; Mn.; Bhāgavata-purāṇa (Title) vii , &c. [ID=66654]
A householder, or a man in the second stage of life who manages a household and family.
गृह (gṛha)स्थ (stha) (gṛhastha) [Printed book page 296] गृह (gṛha)स्थ (stha) (gṛhastha) m. (-स्थ (stha)ः (-sthaḥ)) A householder, the man of the second class, or he who, after having finished his studies, and been invested with the sacred thread, performs the duties of the master of a house, and father of a family.
E. गृह (gṛha) a house, and स्थ (stha) who stays or abides.
[ID=13865]
— Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary
A householder
गृहस्थ (gṛhastha) [Printed book page 259-a] गृह-स्थ (gṛha-stha)(स्थः) ((sthaḥ)) 1. m. A householder. [ID=13321]
— Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary
a householder
गृहस्थ (gṛhastha) [Printed book page 248-18] गृह-स्थ (gṛha-stha)m. a householder, M. iii.61, 78. See गृहपति (gṛhapati). [ID=12449]
— Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary
A householder, or a man in the second stage of life who manages a household and family after completing his studies.
m. (-स्थ (stha)ः (-sthaḥ)) A householder, the man of the second class, or he who, after having finished his studies, and been invested with the sacred thread, performs the duties of the master of a house, and father of a family.
E. गृह (gṛha) a house, and स्थ (stha) who stays or abides.
[ID=13856]
— Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary
1. Being in a house. 2. A householder or head of a family. 3. The wife of a householder.
गृहस्थ (gṛhastha) [Printed book page 0270-a] गृहस्थ (gṛhastha)gṛha-stha,I.adj. Being in
a house, Arj. 2, 16. II.m. A house-
holder, or a Brāhmaṇa, who performs
the duties of the father of a family,
Man. 3, 68. III.f.sthā, The wife of
such a householder, Lass. 17, 19.
[ID=4556]
— Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary
1. Living in a house. 2. A householder, specifically a person in the second stage of religious life.
गृहस्थ (gṛhastha) [Printed book page 156] गृहस्थ (gṛhastha)a. living in the house of (—°); m. householder, a Brahman in the second stage of his religious life. [ID=9691]
— Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary
1. Abiding in a house. 2. A householder or Brahman in the second stage of religious life.
गृहस्थ (gṛhastha) [Printed book page 151-b] gṛha-stha,a. abiding in a house; as m. householder or Brahman in the second stage of his religious life, seeāśrama. [ID=1395]
— Lanman's Sanskrit Reader Vocabulary
see Grhapatis
गृहस्थ (gṛhastha) [Printed book page 1-542] Gṛhasthas — see Gṛhapatis. Br. I. 7. 174, 181; II. 28. 20; 32. 24; III. 9. 70; 15. 16, 35.; IV. 6. 72; Vā. Chaps. 11 and 12; 16. 11; 56. 18; 59. 23. [ID=4282]
— The Purana Index
Adjective: residing/staying in a house
1 definition1
living or staying in any one's house
(H3) [Printed book page 362,2] गृह (gṛha)—स्थ (—stha)mfn.ifc. living or staying in any one's house, MBh. [ID=66653]
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Definitions on this page come from 9 works:
Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Lanman's Sanskrit Reader Vocabulary, Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899), Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary, The Purana Index, Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary. Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon.
