The Sanskrit term Guhāgṛha can be transliterated into English as Guhagrha or Guhagriha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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General definition (in Jainism)

Source: archive.org: Trisastisalakapurusacaritra

Guhāgṛha (गुहागृह) is the name of a Mountain, according to the Jain Ramayana and chapter 7.8 [The abandonment of Sītā] of Hemacandra’s 11th century Triṣaṣṭiśalākāpuruṣacaritra: an ancient Sanskrit epic poem narrating the history and legends of sixty-three illustrious persons in Jainism.—Accordingly, “[...] In their wandering the sages [i.e., the seven sons of king Śrīnandana] reached the city Mathurā. At that time it was the rainy season and they stopped on Mount Guhāgṛha. They practiced the penances, the two-day and three-day fasts, etc., all the time; but they flew to far places to break their fast. They came back and stopped on Mount Guhā at Mathurā, and by their power the disease arising from Camara disappeared. [...]”.

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Jainism is an Indian religion of Dharma whose doctrine revolves around harmlessness (ahimsa) towards every living being. The two major branches (Digambara and Svetambara) of Jainism stimulate self-control (or, shramana, ‘self-reliance’) and spiritual development through a path of peace for the soul to progess to the ultimate goal.

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Sanskrit dictionary

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

Guhāgṛha (गुहागृह).—n.

(-haṃ) A cavern. E. guhā, and gṛha a house.

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

Guhāgṛha (गुहागृह):—[=guhā-gṛha] [from guhā > guh] n. a cavern, [Horace H. Wilson]

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

Guhagṛha (गुहगृह):—[guha-gṛha] (haṃ) 1. n. A cavern.

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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: Griha, Guha.

Full-text: Guha.

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Trishashti Shalaka Purusha Caritra (by Helen M. Johnson)

Part 9: Story of the seven ascetic-brothers < [Chapter VIII - The abandonment of Sītā]

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