f. 1 An assembly, meet- ing.

2 Society, association.

3 Conversation, chitchat, discourse; goṣṭhī satkavibhiḥ samaṃ Bh. 1. 28; Māl. 10. 25; tenaiva saha sarvadā goṣṭhīmanubhavati Pt. 2.

4 A multitude or collection.

5 Family connections, relatives, especially such as require to be maintained.

6 A kind of dramatic composition in one act. ºpatiḥ 1. the chief of an assembly, president.

2. the master of a...