Gihin (adjective/noun) [from gaha, cf. gaha and geha; Sanskrit gr̥hin] a householder, one who leads a domestic life, a layman (opposite pabbajita and paribbājaka). Genative singular gihissa (D III 147, 167) and gihino (D III 174); noun plural gihī; in compounds gihī° and gihi° (usually the latter). gihī agāraṃ ajjhāvasantā A I 49; gihī odātavasanā (clad in white robes as distinguished from kasāva-vasanā the yellow-robed i.e. bhikkhus) D I 211; III 117, 124, 210; M I 340; III 261; A I 74. — Contrasted with pabbajitā: A I 69; D III 147, 167, 179. gihī dhaññena dhanena vaḍḍhati D III 165. — Other passages in general: S II 120, 269; III 11; IV 180, 300 f.; A II 65; 69 (kāmabhogī); IV 438 (the same); D III 124 (the same); A III 211 (sambodhi-parāyano); IV 345 f.; D III 167 f.; 171 f.; 176, 192; Snp 220, 221, 404; Dhp 74; Miln 19, 264; Dhp-a I 16 (gihīniyāma); Saddh 376, 426; Pv-a 13 (gihīkālato paṭṭhāya from the time of our laymanship); Dhp-a II 49 (the same). -kicca a layman's or householder's duties Pv IV 1 42 (= kuṭumba-kiccāni Pv-a 240); -dhamma a layman's duty A III 41; -parisā a congregation of laymen S I 111; M I 373; A III 184; -bandhanāni (plural) a layman's fetters Snp 44 (= Nidd II §228 puttā ca dāsī dāsā ca, etc.); -byañjanāni (plural) characteristics of a layman, or of a man of the world (with reference to articles of dress and ornament) Snp 44, 64 (= Nidd II §229); Miln 11; -bhūta as a householder D II 196; -bhoga riches of a worldly man S III 93; It 90; -liṅga characteristic of a layman Dhp-a II 61; -saṃsagga association with laymen A III 116, 258; -saṃyojana the impediments of a householder (cf. °bandhanāni) M I 483; -sukha the welfare of a g. A I 80.