The Sanskrit term Gṛhītavetana can be transliterated into English as Grhitavetana or Grihitavetana, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Gṛhītavetana (गृहीतवेतन).—a. paid, remunerated.

Gṛhītavetana is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms gṛhīta and vetana (वेतन).

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

Gṛhītavetana (गृहीतवेतन).—mfn.

(-naḥ-nā-naṃ) Paid, remunerated. E. gṛhīta and vetana wages.

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

Gṛhītavetana (गृहीतवेतन):—[=gṛhīta-vetana] [from gṛhīta > gṛbh] mfn. one who has received his wages, paid, [Yājñavalkya ii, 292.]

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

Gṛhītavetana (गृहीतवेतन):—[gṛhīta-vetana] (naḥ-nā-naṃ) a. Remunerated, having received wages.

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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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Partial matches: Grihita, Vetana.

Full-text: Avah.

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