gārhasthya (sometimes wrongly spelt ○stha), mfn. (fr. gṛha-stha), fit for or incumbent on a householder MBh. ix, xiii
• n. the order or estate of a householder, of the father or mother of a family Gaut. iii, 36 MBh. i, iii R. ii, &c
• household, domestic affairs MBh. xiv, 162 BhP. iii ; ix, 6, 47
 

Sanskrit-English Dictionary, by M. Monier William