Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index Table of contents 1 Pronounciation 2 Word Root 2.1 Usage Pronounciation 'Gri' as the 'Gru' in 'Gruel' 'Has' as the 'Hus' in 'Husk' 'tha' as in 'thaw' Word Root This is a Sanskrit word. The Sanskrit meaning of "Gruha" is house. And the word Grihastha symbolises a person who runs a house. Usage This word is generally used to denote a particular phase of life. This is the phase of life in which a man gets married and settles down in life and begets children. It is the second in the four phases of a man, namely, Brahmacharya, Grihastha, Vanaprastha , and finally Sanyasa, as prescribed by Manusmriti for the Dhwija castes, in the Hindu system of life. This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.