gfhapati
gṛhapati (= Pali gahapati), lit. householder , in °tiratna, as one of the 7 ‘jewels’ of a cakravartin: LV 14.5 ; Mv i.49.4 ; 193.17 , etc. , see the lists s.v. ratna (3). The function of the gṛhapati-ratna is to discern the location of hidden treasures by means of the divya-cakṣus which he possesses, and bring those of them which are ownerless (asvāmika) into the possession of the king: LV 17.17—22 ; substantially the same statement in Pali , DN ii.176.7 ff. For this reason, no doubt, PTSD s.v. ratna translates gahapati by treasurer ; but there is no clear evidence that he had precisely the functions which we should associate with that title. In Pali a gahapati (see PTSD s.v. ) is, to be sure, often associated with seṭṭhi = śreṣṭhin; the Pali word is often rendered treasurer , but perhaps capitalist would be better ( orig. guild-leader ).