Grihini, Gṛhiṇī: 10 definitions
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Grihini means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi, Hindi. 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 Gṛhiṇī can be transliterated into English as Grhini or Grihini, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
Languages of India and abroad
Marathi-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionarygṛhiṇī (गृहिणी).—f (S) A mistress of a house, a wife.
Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-Englishgṛhiṇī (गृहिणी).—f The mistress of a house.
Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryGṛhiṇī (गृहिणी).—'The mistress of a house', a wife, house-wife; (the lady in charge of the house); न गृहं गृहमित्याहु- र्गृहिणी गृहमुच्यते । गृहं तु गृहिणीहीनं कान्तारादतिरिच्यते (na gṛhaṃ gṛhamityāhu- rgṛhiṇī gṛhamucyate | gṛhaṃ tu gṛhiṇīhīnaṃ kāntārādatiricyate) Pañcatantra (Bombay) 4.81.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryGṛhiṇī (गृहिणी).—f. (-ṇī) A wife. E. gṛha a house, and ini and ṅīṣ affs.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryGṛhiṇī (गृहिणी):—[from gṛhin > gṛbh] f. the mistress of a house, wife ([Religious Thought and Life in India] p.397), [Śakuntalā iv, 18 f.; Raghuvaṃśa; Kumāra-sambhava; Pañcatantra etc.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryGṛhiṇī (गृहिणी):—(ṇī) 3. f. A wife.
Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)Gṛhiṇī (गृहिणी) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Gihiṇī, Ghariṇī, Gharillā, Gharillī.
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.
Hindi dictionary
Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionaryGṛhiṇī (गृहिणी) [Also spelled grahini]:—(nf) wife, housewife.
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Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusGṛhiṇi (ಗೃಹಿಣಿ):—[noun] the wife of a householder; the mistress of a house.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Nepali dictionary
Source: unoes: Nepali-English DictionaryGṛhiṇī (गृहिणी):—n. 1. lady/mistress of a house; 2. wife; consort;
Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with: Grihinipada.
Full-text: Gharini, Gharilla, Grihin, Geha, Kirukini, Gihini, Gharilli, Grahini, Gruhinee, Sutradharin, Gehin, Grihinipada, Grihamedhin, Parigraha.
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Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu (by Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī)
Verse 3.4.72 < [Part 4 - Parenthood (vātsalya-rasa)]
Verse 2.4.139 < [Part 4 - Transient Ecstatic Disturbances (vyābhicāri-bhāva)]
Verse 2.4.82 < [Part 4 - Transient Ecstatic Disturbances (vyābhicāri-bhāva)]
Chaitanya Bhagavata (by Bhumipati Dāsa)
Verse 1.8.19 < [Chapter 8 - The Disappearance of Jagannātha Miśra]
Verse 2.19.239 < [Chapter 19 - The Lord’s Pastimes in Advaita’s House]
Verse 2.19.227 < [Chapter 19 - The Lord’s Pastimes in Advaita’s House]
Satirical works of Kshemendra (study) (by Arpana Devi)
5.5. The Astrologer (gaṇaka) < [Chapter 5 - Kṣemendra’s objectives of Satire]
5.15. The Wife of the Kāyastha Bureaucrat (kāyastha-sundarī) < [Chapter 5 - Kṣemendra’s objectives of Satire]
3. Rasa or the sentiment < [Chapter 4 - Literary study of the Three Satirical Works]
Jivanandana of Anandaraya Makhin (Study) (by G. D. Jayalakshmi)
Analysis of Arthāntaraṇyāsa-ālaṅkāra < [Chapter 6 - Dramatic aspects of the Jīvanandana Nāṭaka]
Rig Veda (translation and commentary) (by H. H. Wilson)
Rig Veda 3.53.4 < [Sukta 53]
Sahitya-kaumudi by Baladeva Vidyabhushana (by Gaurapada Dāsa)
Text 10.235 < [Chapter 10 - Ornaments of Meaning]