‘The mistress of a house’, a wife, house-wife, (the lady in charge of the house); na gṛhaṃ gṛhami- tyāhurgṛhiṇī gṛhamucyate. gṛhaṃ tu gṛhiṇīhī- naṃ kāṃtārādatiricyate Pt. 4. 81. Comp. padaṃ the position or dignity of the [Page0466-b+ 55] mistress of the house; yāṃtyevaṃ gṛhiṇī- pada yuvatayo vāmāḥ kulasyādhayaḥ Ś. 4. 17; sthitā gṛhiṇīpade 18.