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‖ grihastha|griːˈhæsθə| Also gṛ(h)astha, grihast. [Skr. gṛhastha, married Brahman householder.] A Brahman in the second stage of life, which carries with it certain social obligations, as the duty to marry and have children.
1871E. Balfour Cycl. India (ed. 2) II. 409 Grihastha, a hindu married householder. 1876Encycl. Brit. IV. 204/2 The pious Brāhman..was enjoined to pass through a succession of four orders or stages of life... [The second is] grihastha..or householder. 189419th Cent. Aug. 281 One [story] that gained some credence with the grihasts was, that three natives..saw headless beings. 1949R. B. Pandey Hindu Saṁskāras viii. 264 One who longs for imperishable heaven and happiness in this world, should uphold the Gṛastha-Āśrama. 1964Religious Hinduism x. 117 Fidelity to the ritual and social duties of the caste are the qualities of the gṛhastha. 1969Indian Mus. Jrnl. V. 79 [Music and dance] were the essential equipment of the training of a monk, a prince, a gṛihastha. |