Grihakarin, Gṛhakārin, Griha-karin: 7 definitions

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Grihakarin means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. 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.

The Sanskrit term Gṛhakārin can be transliterated into English as Grhakarin or Grihakarin, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Gṛhakārin (गृहकारिन्).—m.

1) a housebuilder.

2) a kind of wasp.

Gṛhakārin is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms gṛha and kārin (कारिन्).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Gṛhakārin (गृहकारिन्).—m. (-rī) 1. A kind of wasp. 2. A house-builder. E. gṛha a house, and kārin who makes, building a nest or house of clay, &c.

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

Gṛhakārin (गृहकारिन्).—[masculine] house or mason wasp.

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

Gṛhakārin (गृहकारिन्):—[=gṛha-kārin] [from gṛha > gṛbh] m. ‘house-builder’, a kind of wasp, [Manu-smṛti xii, 66; Yājñavalkya iii, 214.]

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

Gṛhakārin (गृहकारिन्):—[gṛha-kārin] (rī) 5. m. Idem; a wasp.

[Sanskrit to German]

Grihakarin in German

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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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