gfhiRI ‘The mistress of a house’, a wife, house-wife, (the lady in charge of the house); na gfhaM gfhamityAhurgfhiRI gfhamucyate . gfhaM tu gfhiRIhInaM kAMtArAdatiricyate Pt. 4. 81. Comp. — padaM the position or dignity of the ( pb ) mistress of the house; yAMtyevaM gfhiRIpada yuvatayo vAmAH kulasyADayaH Ś. 4. 17 ; sTitA gfhiRIpade 18.