• ཁྱིམ་བདག
  • khyim bdag
  • gṛhapati
  • gṛhādhipa
  • Term
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The term is usually used for wealthy lay patrons of the Buddhist community. It also refers to a subdivision of the vaiśya (mercantile) class of traditional Indian society, comprising businessmen, merchants, landowners, and so on.

  • householder
  • ཁྱིམ་བདག
  • khyim bdag
  • gṛhapati AO
Pali:
  • gahapati
Definition in this text:

Term for a male non-monastic householder or married man. See also UT22084-034-025-89.

  • householder
  • ཁྱིམ་བདག
  • khyim bdag
  • householder
  • ཁྱིམ་བདག
  • khyim bdag
  • gṛhapati
Definition in this text:

The term “householder” is usually used for wealthy lay patrons of the Buddhist community. It also refers to a subdivision of the vaiśya (mercantile) class of traditional Indian society, comprising businessmen, merchants, landowners, and so on.

  • householder
  • ཁྱིམ་བདག
  • khyim bdag
  • gṛhapati AO
  • householder
  • ཁྱིམ་བདག
  • khyim bdag
  • gṛhapati
  • householder
  • ཁྱིམ་བདག
  • khyim bdag
  • gṛhapati
  • householder
  • ཁྱིམ་བདག
  • khyim bdag
  • gṛhapati
  • gṛhādhipa
  • householder
  • ཁྱིམ་བདག
  • khyim bdag
  • gṛhapati AS
  • householder
  • ཁྱིམ་བདག
  • khyim bdag
  • gṛhapati
  • householder
  • ཁྱིམ་བདག
  • khyim bdag
  • gṛhapati
Definition in this text:

Not one of the normal four “castes” of Indian society, but presumably here a term referring to nonmonastics.