gfhaM [ gfhyate DarmAcaraRAya, grah gehArTe ka Tv. ] 1 A house, dwelling, habitation, mansion; na gfhaM gfhamityAhurgfhiRI gfhamucyate Pt. 4. 81 , 5. 15 ; paSya vAnaramUrKeRa sugfhI nirgfhIkftA Pt. 1. 390. 2 A wife; (the first quotation in 1 is sometimes erroneously cited as an illustration). 3 The life of a householder; na hi sati kulaDurye sUryavaMSyA gfhAya R. 7. 71 , 5. 10 ; Mv. 4. 28. 4 A sign of the zodiac. 5 A name or appellation. — hAH ( m. pl. ) 1 A house, dwelling; ime no gfhAH Mu. 1 ; sPawikopalavigrahA gfhAH SaSaBfdBittaniraMkaBittayaH N. 2. 74 ; tatrAgAraM DanapatigfhAnuttareRAsmadIyaM Me. 75. 2 A wife. 3 The inhabitants of a house, family. — haH Ved. An assistant, or servant. In comp. oft. rendered by ‘domestic,’ ‘household’ or ‘tame’; e. g. °kapotaH ‘a tame pigeon’; °kAryARi-karmARi ‘household duties’; °SakuMtikA ‘tame bird’ U. 1. 45 &c. Comp. — akzaH a loophole, eyelet-hole, a round or oblong window. — aDipaH, -ISaH , — ISvaraH 1 a house-holder. 2 a regent of a sign of the zodiac. — ayanikaH a house-holder. — arTaH domestic affairs, any household matter; gfhArTo'gniparipkriyA Ms. 2. 67. — aMBipAlin m. a watchman. — amlaM a kind of sour-gruel — avagrahaRI the threshold. — aSman m. a flat oblong stone upon which condiments are ground; ( Mar. pAwA ). — Agata a. one who has come to a house. — (taH) a guest. — AcAraH household or domestic business; U. 2. — ArAmaH, -vAwI, -vAwikA a garden attached to a house. — ASayA the betel-tree. — ASramaH the order of a house-holder, the second stage in the religious life of a Brāhmaṇa; see ASrama . — ASramin m. a householder. — utpAtaH any domestic nuisance — upakaraRaM a domestic utensil, anything required for household use. — kacCapaH = gfhASman q. v. — kapotaH -takaH a tame or domestic pigeon. — karaRaM 1 household affairs. 2 house-building. — kartf m. ‘a house-builder,’ a kind of ( pb ) sparrow. — karman n. 1 household affairs. 2 a domestic rite. °karaH, °kAraH , °dAsaH a menial, domestic servant; SaMBusvayaMBuharayo hariRekzaRAnAM yenAkriyaMta satataM gfhakarmadAsAH Bh. 1. 1. — kalahaH domestic feuds, intestine broils. — kArakaH a house-builder, mason; Y. 3. 146. — kArin m. 1 a housebuilder. 2 a kind of wasp. — kukkuwaH a domestic cock. — kAryaM household affairs; Ms. 5. 150. — goDA, -goDikA the small house-lizard. — cUllI a house with two rooms contiguous to each other, but one facing west, the other east. — CidraM 1 a family-secret or scandal. 2 family dissensions. — jaH, -jAtaH a slave born in the house. — janaH family, members of a family, especially the wife; Mu. 1. — jAlikA deceit, disguise. — jYAnin (also gfhejYAnin ) ‘wise only in the inside of the house’, inexperienced, stupid, foolish. — tawI a terrace in front of the house. — dAhaH setting a house on fire, incendiarism. — dAsaH a domestic slave. — dIptiH f. the splendour or ornament of a house, a virtuous woman. — devatA the goddess of a house; ( pl. ) a class of household deities. — dehalI the threshold of a house; yAsAM baliH sapadi madgfhadehalInAM Mk. 1. 9. — namanaM wind. — nASanaH a wild pigeon. — nIqaH a sparrow. — patiH 1 a householder, 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; i. e. hospitality. 4 Ved. an epithet of Agni. 5 the maintenance of the sacred and perpetual fire. — patnI Ved. ‘the mistress of a house,’ the wife of the householder. — pAlaH 1 the guardian of a house. 2 a house-dog. — potakaH the site of a house, the ground on which it stands and which surrounds it. — praveSaH a solemn entrance into a house according to prescribed rites. — baBruH a domestic ichneumon. — baliH 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. °priyaH a crane. °Buj m. 1 a crow. 2 a sparrow; nIqAraMBEgfhabaliBujAmAkulagrAmacEtyAH ( pb ) Me. 23. °devatA a deity to whom a domestic oblation is offered. — BaMgaH 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 &c. — BaMjanaM 1 breaking down or destroying a house. 2 causing the decay or ruin of a family. — Bartf m. the master of a house. — BUmiH f. the site of a house. — Bedin a. 1 prying into domestic affairs. 2 causing domestic quarrels. — Bojin m. an inmate of the same house, tenant. — maRiH a lamp. — mAcikA a bat. — mfgaH a dog. — meGaH a multitude of houses. — meDa a. 1 one who performs the domestic rites. 2 connected with the duties of a householder. — (DaH) 1 a householder. 2 a domestic sacrifice. — maDin m. a householder, a married Brāhmaṇa who has a household; ( gfhErdArErmeDaMte saMgacCaMte Malli. ); prajAyE gfhameDinAm R. 1. 7 ; see gfhapati above. — (nI) the wife of a householder, a house-wife. — yaMtraM a stick or other instrument to which, on solemn occasions, flags are fastened; gfhayaMtrapatAkASrIrapOrAdaran...