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Entry गृहम्

  1. गृहम्gṛhamA house, dwelling, habitation, mansion; न गृहं गृहमित्याहुर्गृहिणी गृह- मुच्यते Pt.4.81,5.15; पश्य वानरमूर्खेण…

    [गृह्यते धर्माचरणाय, ग्रह् गेहार्थे क Tv.]

    1. A house, dwelling, habitation, mansion; न गृहं गृहमित्याहुर्गृहिणी गृह- मुच्यते Pt.4.81,5.15; पश्य वानरमूर्खेण सुगृही निर्गृहीकृतः Pt. 1.39.
    2. A wife; (the first quotation in
    3. is sometimes erroneously cited as an illustration).
    4. The life of a householder; न हि सति कुलधुर्ये सूर्यवंश्या गृहाय R.7. 71,5.1; Mv.4.28.
    5. A sign of the zodiac.
    6. A name or appellation.
    7. A square (in chess or any other game).

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -हाः (Masculine Plural)

    • -करणम्

      1. household affairs.
      2. house-building.

    • -कर्तृ

      1. Masculine
      2. A house, dwelling; इमे नो गृहाः Mu.1; स्फटिकोपलविग्रहा गृहाः शशभृद्भित्तनिरङ्कभित्तयः Name2.74; तत्रागारं धनपतिगृहानुत्तरेणास्मदीयम् Me.77.
      3. A wife; अथावलोककोऽगच्छद्गृहानेकः परावसुः Mb.3.138.4.
      4. The inhabitants of a house, family; the life of a householder; गृहानुत्सृज्य यो राजन् मोक्षमेवाभिपद्यते Mb.12.16.29.

    • -हः Vedic An assistant, or servant; गृहो याम्यरंकृतो देवेभ्यो हव्यवाहनः Rv.1.119.13. In comp. Often times rendered by 'domestic', 'household' or 'tame'; Exempli gratia, for example denotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be suppliedकपोतः 'a tame pigeon'; denotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be suppliedकार्याणि-कर्माणि 'household duties'; denotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be supplied शकु- न्तिका 'tame bird'; छद्मना परिददामि मृत्यवे सौनिको गृहशकुन्तिका- मिव Ubbayapada (Parasmaipada and Atmanepada)1.45 etc.

    • -अक्षः

      1. a loophole, eyelet-hole, a round or ablong window.
      2. 'a house-builder,' a kind of sparrow.
      3. a carpenter; गृहकर्ता भवानेव देवानां हृदयेप्सितम् Rām.7.5.19.

    • -कर्मन्

      1. Neuter
      2. household affairs.
      3. a domestic rite. denotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be suppliedकरः, denotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be suppliedकारः, denotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be suppliedदासः a menial, domestic servant; शंभुस्वयंभुहरयो हरिणेक्षणानां येनाक्रियन्त सततं गृहकर्मदासाः Bh.1.1.

    • -कलहः domestic feuds, intestine broils.

    • -कारकः a housebuilder, mason; करोति तृणमृत्काष्ठैर्गृहं वा गृहकारकः Y.3.146.

    • -कारिन्

      1. Masculine
      2. a housebuilder.
      3. a kind of wasp.

    • -कुक्कुटः a domestic cock.

    • -कार्यम्, -कृत्यम् household affairs; सदा प्रहृष्टया भाव्यं गृहकार्येषु दक्षया Ms.5.15.

    • -गोधा, -गोधिका the small house-lizard.

    • -चुल्ली a house with two rooms contiguous to each other, but one facing west, the other east; Bṛi. S.53.4.

    • -चेतस्

      1. Adjective thinking only of one's house; Bhāg.9.11.17. अधिपः, ईशः, ईश्वरः a house-holder.
      2. a regent of a sign of the zodiac. संशयस्थः see अनुपात.

    • -अयनिकः a house-holder.

    • -अर्थः domestic affairs, any household matter; गृहार्थोऽग्निपरि- ष्क्रिया Ms.2.67.

    • -अभिपालिन् Masculine a watchman.

    • -अम्लम् a kind of sour-gruel.

    • -अवग्रहणी the threshold.

    • -अश्मन् Masculine a flat ablong stone upon which condiments are ground (Marâthî पाटा).

    • -आगत Adjective one who has come to a house. (-तः) a guest.

    • -आचारः household or domestic business; Ubbayapada (Parasmaipada and Atmanepada)2.

    • -आरम्भः building a house; गृहारम्भातिदुःखाय Bhāg.11.9.15.

    • -आरामः, -वाटी, -वाटिका a garden attached to a house.

    • -आशया, -आश्रया the betel-tree.

    • -आश्रमः the order of a householder, the second stage in the religious life of a Bāhmaṇa; see आश्रम; Ms.6.1.

    • -आश्रमिन् Masculine a householder; Bhāg.1.8.7.

    • -ईश्वरी a housewife; दिष्ट्या गृहेश्वर्यसकृन्मयि त्वया कृतानुवृत्तिर्भवमोचनी खलैः Bhāg.1.6.54.

    • -उत्पातः any domestic nuisance.

    • -उपकरणम् a domestic utensil, anything required for household use; एकदा निर्गता क्रेतुं गृहोपकरणानि सा Ks.2.15.

    • -कच्छपः Equivalent to गृहाश्मन् quod vide, which see

    • -कन्या, -कुमारी the plant Aloe Perfoliata (Marâthî कोरफड).

    • -कपोतः, -तकः a tame or domestic pigeon; Śi.4.52.

    • -पतिः

      1. a householder; बामं गृहपतिं नय Rv.6.53.2; a man who has entered on the second stage of life, one who, after having completed his studies, is married and settled.
      2. a sacrificer.
      3. the virtue of a householder; id est, that is hospitality.
      4. Vedic an epithet of Agni.
      5. the maintenance of the sacred and perpetual fire.
      6. the head or judge of a village; Mk.2; Dk.8.

    • -पत्नी

      1. Vedic 'the mistress of a house', the wife of the householder; गृहान् गच्छ गृहपत्नी यथासः Rv.1.85.26.
      2. a crow.
      3. a sparrow; नीडारम्भैर्गृहबलि- भुजामाकुलग्रामचैत्याः Me.23. denotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be suppliedदेवता a deity to whom a domestic oblation is offered.

    • -भङ्गः

      1. one who is driven from his house, an exile.
      2. destroying a house.
      3. breaking into a house.
      4. failure, ruin or destruction of a house, firm etc.

    • -भञ्जनम्

      1. breaking down or destroying a house.
      2. causing the decay or ruin of a family.

    • -भद्रकम् an audience-hall.

    • -भर्तृ Masculine the master of a house; Bṛi. S. 53.58.

    • -भूमिः Feminine the site of a house.

    • -भेदिन् Adjective

    • -पालः

      1. the guardian of a house.
      2. a housedog; आस्तेऽवमत्योपन्यस्तं गृहपाल इवाहरन् Bhāg.3.3.15.

    • -पिण्डी Feminine the basement of a building; Kāmikāgama 55.2-21.

    • -पोतकः the site of a house, the ground on which it stands and which surrounds it.

    • -पोषणम् maintenance of a household; तेन चास्य नियुक्ताभूत्स्वभार्या गृहपोषणे Ks.2.55.

    • -प्रवेशः a solemn entrance into a house according to prescribed rites.

    • -बभ्रुः a domestic ichneumon.

    • -बलिः

      1. a domestic oblation, offering of the remnants of a meal to all creatures, such as animals, supernatural beings, and particularly household deities; Ms.3.265. denotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be suppliedप्रियः a crane. denotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be suppliedभुज् Masculine
      2. one who performs the domestic rites or sacrifices; गृह- मेधास आ गत मरुतो माप भूतन Rv.7.59.1.
      3. connected with the duties of a householder.

    • -छिद्रम्

      1. a family-secret or scandal.
      2. family dissensions; आयुर्वित्तं गृहच्छिद्रं मन्त्रमैथुनभेषजम् H.1.123.

    • -ज, -जात Adjective born in the house (a slave etc.); Bṛi.5.61.7; Ms. 8.415.

    • -जनः family, members of a family, especially the wife; Mu.1.

    • -जालिका deceit, disguise.

    • -ज्ञानिन् (also गृहेज्ञानिन्) 'wise only in the inside of the house', inexperienced, stupid, foolish.

    • -तटी a terrace in front of the house.

    • -दारु Neuter a house-post; नरपतिबले पार्श्वायाते स्थितं गृहदारुवत् Mk.4.3.

    • -दाहः setting a house on fire, incendiarism.

    • -दासः a domestic slave.

    • -दासी a female domestic slave; एकदा गृहदासीषु यशोदा नन्दगेहिनी । कर्मान्तर- नियुक्तासु निर्ममन्थ स्वयं दधि ॥ Bhāg.1.9.1.

    • -दीप्तिः Feminine the splendour or ornament of a house, a virtuous woman; प्रजनार्थं महाभागाः पूजार्हा गृहदीप्तयः Ms.9.26.

    • -देवता the goddess of a house; (Plural) a class of household deities; Ks.4.74.

    • -देहली the threshold of a house; यासां बलिः सपदि मद्गृहदेहलीनाम् Mk.1.9.

    • -नमनम् wind.

    • -नाशनः a wild pigeon.

    • -नीडः

      1. a sparrow,
      2. (धः) a householder.
      3. a domestic sacrifice; Bhāg.2.6.19.

    • -मेधिन्

      1. Masculine a householder, a married Brāhmaṇa who has a household; (गृहैर्दारैर्मेधन्ते संगच्छन्ते Malli.); प्रजायै गृहमेधिनाम् R.1. 7; see गृहपति above.
      2. prying into domestic affairs.
      3. causing domestic quarrels.

    • -भोजिन् Masculine an inmate of the same house, tenant; तस्मा- दप्यग्रहारान्ये जगृहुर्गृहभोजिनः Rāj. T.5.43.

    • -मणिः a lamp.

    • -माचिका a bat.

    • -मार्जनी a female servant of the house; सख्योपेत्याग्रहीत्पाणिं योऽहं तद्गृहमार्जनी Bhāg.1.83.11.

    • -मृगः a dog.

    • -मेघः a multitude of houses; Rām.5.

    • -मेध

      1. Adjective
      2. (नी) the wife of a householder, a house-wife; न व्यचष्ट वरारोहां गृहिणीं गृहमेधिनीम् Bhāg.4. 26.13.
      3. the intellect based on the Sattva quality.

    • -यज्ञः see गृहमेधः; Mb.1.18.5.

    • -यन्त्रम् a stick or other instrument to which, on solemn occasions, flags are fastened; गृहयन्त्रपताकाश्रीरपौरादरनिर्मिता Ku.6.41.

    • -रन्ध्रम् family-dissensions.

    • -वाटिका, -वाटी a garden attached to a house.

    • -वित्तः the owner of a house.

    • -व्रत Adjective devoted to home. मतिर्न कृष्णे परतः स्वतो वा मिथोऽभिपद्येत गृहव्रतानाम् Bhāg.7.5.3.

    • -शायिन् Masculine a pigeon.

    • -शुकः

      1. a domestic parrot, one kept for pleasure; Amaru.16.
      2. a domestic poet; आयातेन शुकैः सार्धं दत्ता गृहशुकेन यः । मुक्ताः प्राप्य प्रतिष्ठायां चक्रे ख्यातां शुकावलीम् ॥ Rāj. T.5.31.

    • -संवेशकः a house-builder by profession; Ms.3.163.

    • -सार property; गृहीतसारमेनं सपुत्रकलत्रं संयम्य Mu.1.

    • -स्थः a householder, one who has entered on the stage of a house-holder; संकटा ह्याहिताग्नीनां प्रत्यवायैर्गृहस्थता Ubbayapada (Parasmaipada and Atmanepada)1.9; see गृहपति above and Ms.3.68;6.9. denotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be suppliedआश्रमः the life of a householder; see गृहाश्रम. denotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be suppliedधर्मः the duty of a householder.

    • -स्थूणा the pillar of a house.

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Part 4 of 6 गुडाकेश – गृहम्All parts
  1. ग – गम्य
  2. गय – गाणपत्य
  3. गाणिक्यम् – गुडाका
  4. गुडाकेश – गृहम्
  5. गृहयाय्य – ग्रन्थीकम्
  6. ग्रस् – ग्लौतृ