गृहपति [ gṛhapati ] [ gṛhá-pati ] m. ( [ °há- ] ) ( Lit. Pāṇ. 6-2 , 18) the master of a house , householder Lit. RV. vi , 53 , 2 Lit. AV. Lit. ŚBr. iv , viii Lit. Kauś.

   N. of Agni Lit. RV. Lit. VS. Lit. AV. Lit. ŚBr. i , v Lit. MBh. 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 ] ) Lit. AitBr. v , viii Lit. ŚBr. viii , xi f. Lit. TāṇḍyaBr.

   the head or judge of a village Lit. Daś. viii , 207 Lit. Mṛicch. ii , 14/15 , 8 Sch.

   a Brāhman of the 2nd order who after having finished his studies marries Lit. W.

   = [ dharma ] (the maintenance of a sacred and perpetual fire , the duty of a householder , hospitality ) Lit. L.

   = [ -vitta ] Lit. L.