गृहपति

Monier-Williams · gṛhapati
pati (há-), m. (cf. Pāṇ. 6-2, 18) the master of a house, householder vi, 53, 2 iv, viii &c ‖ N. of Agni i, v 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) v, viii viii, xi f. &c ‖ the head or judge of a village viii, 207 ii, 14/15, 8 ‖ a Brāhman of the 2nd order who after having finished his studies marries ‖ = dharma (the maintenance of a sacred and perpetual fire, the duty of