gaha : [m.] 1. one who catches or take possession of. 2. a planet. (nt.), house. || gāha (m.), 1. seizure; grip; 2. obsession; 3. an idea; a view.
Gaha1 [see under gaṇhāti] a house, usually in cpds. (see below). J iii.396 (=the layman's life; Com. geha).
-- kāraka a house -- builder, metaph. of taṇhā (cp. kāya as geha) Dh 153, 154=Th 1, 183, 184; DhA iii.128; -- kūṭa the peak of a house, the ridge -- pole, metaph. of ignorance Dh 154 (=kaṇṇika -- maṇḍala DhA 128), replacing thūṇirā (pillar) at Th 1, 184 in corresp. passage (= kaṇṇikā Com.); -- ṭṭha a householder, one who leads the life of a layman (opp. anagāra, pabbajita or paribbājaka) Vin i.115 (sagahaṭṭhā parisā an assembly in which laymen were present); S i.201; A iii.114, 116, 258; It. 112 (gharaŋ esino gahaṭṭhā) Dh 404=Sn 628; Sn 43 (gharaŋ āvasanto, see Nd2 226 for explanation), 90, 134 (paribbājaŋ gahaṭṭhaŋ vā) 398, 487; Sdhp 375. -- ˚vatta a layman's rule of conduct Sn 393 (=agāriyā paṭipadā SnA 376) -- ˚ka belonging to a layman; acting as a layman or in the quality of a l. A ii.35 (kinkaraṇiyāni), iii.296 (brahmacariyā); -- pati see sep.
Gaha2 [Sk. graha, gaṇhāti, q. v. for etym.] "seizer," seizing, grasping, a demon, any being or object having a hold upon man. So at S i.208 where Sānu is "seized" by an epileptic fit (see note in K.S. i.267, 268). Used of dosa (anger) Dh 251 (exemplified at DhA iii.362 by ajagara˚ the grip of a boa, kumbhīla˚ of a crocodile, yakkha˚ of a demon). sagaha having crocodiles, full of e. (of the ocean) (+sarakkhasa) It 57. Cp. gahaṇa & saŋ˚.
gaha: I. n. 家 II. m. 握持[者]
gaha ?, dur-g○
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