gfhapati | ग्फ़्हपति | gfhapati

gfha/—pati | ग्फ़्ह/—पति | (˚ha/- | ˚ह/- |), m. (Pāṇ. vi, 2, 18) the master of a house, householder, RV. vi, 53, 2; AV.; ŚBr. iv, viii; Kauś. &c.
N. of Agni, RV.; VS.; AV.; ŚBr. i, v; MBh. iii, 14211; xii, 8883 (gen. pl. ˚tinām | ˚तिनाम् | metrically for ˚tīnām | ˚तीनाम् |)
for graha-p˚ | ग्रह-प्˚ | (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 (sattra/ | सत्त्र/ |), AitBr. v, viii; ŚBr. viii, xi f.; TāṇḍyaBr. &c.
the head or judge of a village, Daś. viii, 207; Mṛcch. ii, 14/15, 8, Sch.
a Brāhman of the 2nd order who after having finished his studies marries, W.
= ḍarma | डर्म | (the maintenance of a sacred and perpetual fire, the duty of a householder, hospitality &c.), L.
= -vitta | -वित्त |, L.

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