Grihamedhin, Gṛhamedhin, Griha-medhi, Grihamedhi, Griha-medhin, Gṛhamedhī: 12 definitions

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Grihamedhin means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Jainism, Prakrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

Grihamedhin has 10 English definitions available.

The Sanskrit terms Gṛhamedhin and Gṛhamedhī can be transliterated into English as Grhamedhin or Grihamedhin or Grhamedhi or Grihamedhi, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger Wörterbuch

Gṛhamedhin (गृहमेधिन्):—

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer Fassung

Gṛhamedhin (गृहमेधिन्):——

1) Adj. der die Hausopfer vollbringt oder an denselben Theil nimmt ; Bez. eines religiösen Mannes.

2) m. der die Hausopfer voll bringende Hausvater , der verheirathete und eine eigene Haushaltung führende Brahman. f. die Frau eines solchen Brahmanen (nach dem Comm. zu [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 4,26,13.] = sāttvikī vuddhiḥ Nom.abstr. dhitā f. [Bālarāmāyaṇa 160,19.]

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

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