Grihakarman, Gṛhakarman, Griha-karman: 6 definitions

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The Sanskrit term Gṛhakarman can be transliterated into English as Grhakarman or Grihakarman, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Gṛhakarman (गृहकर्मन्).—n.

1) household affairs.

2) a domestic rite. °करः, °कारः, °दासः (karaḥ, °kāraḥ, °dāsaḥ) a menial, domestic servant; शंभुस्वयंभुहरयो हरिणेक्षणानां येनाक्रियन्त सततं गृहकर्मदासाः (śaṃbhusvayaṃbhuharayo hariṇekṣaṇānāṃ yenākriyanta satataṃ gṛhakarmadāsāḥ) Bhartṛhari 1.1.

Gṛhakarman is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms gṛha and karman (कर्मन्).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Gṛhakarman (गृहकर्मन्).—n. domestic business, [Pañcatantra] 121, 14.

Gṛhakarman is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms gṛha and karman (कर्मन्).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Gṛhakarman (गृहकर्मन्).—[neuter] domestic work or rite.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Gṛhakarman (गृहकर्मन्):—[=gṛha-karman] [from gṛha > gṛbh] n. = -kārya, [Pañcatantra ii, 3, 5/6; Bhāgavata-purāṇa x; Sāhitya-darpaṇa x, 69/70, 3]

2) [v.s. ...] a domestic rite (performed at the solemn entrance into a house)

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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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