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gṛhapati

gṛhá—pati (°há-), m. ([Pāṇ. vi, 2, 18]) the master of a house, householder, [RV. vi, 53, 2]; [AV.]; [ŚBr. iv], [viii]; [Kauś.] &c.

N. of Agni, [RV.]; [VS.]; [AV.]; [ŚBr. i], [v]; [MBh. iii, 14211]; [xii, 8883] (gen. pl. °tinām metrically for °tīnām)

for graha-p° (q.v.)

a householder of peculiar merit (giving alms and performing all the prescribed ceremonies), esp. one who has the precedence at a grand sacrifice (sattrá), [AitBr. v], [viii]; [ŚBr. viii], [xi f.]; [TāṇḍyaBr.] &c.

the head or judge of a village, [Daś. viii, 207]; [Mṛcch. ii, 14/15, 8], Sch.

a Brāhman of the 2nd order who after having finished his studies marries, [W.]

= dharma (the maintenance of a sacred and perpetual fire, the duty of a householder, hospitality &c.), [L.]

= -vitta, [L.]