====== gahapati ======
===== gahapati =====

//substantif// (masculin) : **maître de maison**, propriétaire, chef de famille (paterfamilias)
  * déclinaison : [[declinaison_noms|thème en -i]]
  * étymologie : [[gaha|gaha]] + [[pati|pati]]

=====Pali-English Dictionary, TW Rhys Davids, William Stede=====
**gahapati** [gaha+pati. Vedic gṛhapati, where pati is still felt in its original meaning of "lord," "master," implying dignity, power & auspiciousness. Cp. Sk. dampati=dominus=despo/ths; and pati in P. senāpati commander-in-chief, Sk. jāspati householder, Lat. hospes, Obulg. gospoda=potestas, Goth. brūp -- faps, bride -- groom, hunda -- faps=senāpati. See details under pati.] the possessor of a house, the head of the household, pater familias (freq.+seṭṭhi). -- 1. In formulas: (a) as regards social standing, wealth & clanship: a man of private (i. e. not official) life, classed w. khattiyā & brāhmaṇā in kh˚ -- mahāsālā, wealthy Nobles, brahm˚mahāsālā, do. Brahmins, gah˚ -- m˚ well -- to -- do gentry S i.71; Nd2 135; DhA i.388. -- kh˚ -- kula, br˚ -- kula, g˚ -- kula the kh˚, etc. clans: Vin ii.161; J i.218. kh˚, amaccā, br˚, g.˚ D i.136. -- (b) as regards education & mode of life ranking with kh˚, br˚, g.˚ and samaṇā Vin i.227; A i.66; Nd2 235, see also cpd. -- paṇḍita.<-> 2. Other applications: freq. in combn brāhmaṇagahapatikā priests & yeomen: see gahapatika. In combn w. gahapatiputta (cp. kulaputta) it comprises the members of the g. rank, clansmen of the (middle) class, and implies a tinge of "respectable people" esp. in addresses. So used by the Buddha in enumerating the people as gahapati vā gah˚ -- putto vā aññatarasmiŋ vā kule paccājāto D i.62; M i.344. gahapatī ca gahapatāniyo householders and their wives A ii.57. In sg. the voc. gahapati may be rendered by "Sir" (Miln 17 e. g. and freq.), & in pl. gahapatayo by "Sirs" (e. g. Vin i.227; M i.401; A ii.57). -- As regards occupation all resp. businesses are within the sphere of the g., most frequently mentioned as such are seṭṭhino (see below) & cp. seṭṭhi˚ Vin i.16, but also kassaka, farmer A i.229, 239 sq.; and dārukammika, carpenter A iii.391. Var. duties of a g. enum. at A i.229, 239. -- The wealth & comfortably -- living position of a g. is evident from an expression like kalyāṇa -- bhattiko g. a man accustomed to good food Vin ii.77=iii.160. -- f. gahapatānī Vin iii.211, 213 sq., 259 (always w. gahapati); DhA i.376; pl. gahapatāniyo see above. -- Note. The gen. sg. of gahapati is ˚ino (J i.92) as well as -- issa (Vin i.16; D iii.36). -- 3. Single cases of gahapatis, where g. almost assumes the function of a title are Anāthapiṇḍika g. Vin ii.158 sq.; S i.56; ii.68; A ii.65; J i.92; PvA 16; Meṇḍaka g. Vin i.240 sq.; Citta S iv.281 sq.; Nakulapitā S ii.1 sq.; Potaliya M i.359; Sandhāna D iii.36 sq.; Hāliddikāni S ii.9.\\ \\
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=====Dictionnaire Héritage du Sanscrit, Inria, Gérard Huet (dir.)=====
**gṛhapati** [pati] m. maître de maison; chef de famille — f. gṛhapatnī épouse du maître de maison, mère de famille.