गृह
gṛha

Sanskrit noun
loaned from Sanskrit

Last edited: 2025-10-19
Primary meaning Zodiac Sign
Literal translation House
Variants
गृह gṛha Zodiac Sign
गृह gṛha Planet
Edited by
gṛha

Refers to the zodiac signs as astrological house.

नानाविधाकारकवर्णरूपैः शुभाशुभैर्द्वादशभिर्गृहाख्यैः ॥११॥

nānāvidhākārakavarṇarūpaiḥ śubhāśubhairdvādaśabhirgṛhākhyaiḥ ||11||

‘These twelve zodiac houses that have various vidhās (types), kārakas (agents), varṇas (colors), and rūpas (forms) are of benefic and malefic qualities.’

— Yavanajātaka Verse 1.11

Genre: astrological treatise
Date: 4th-6th century CE

Pingree, David. The Yavanajātaka of Sphujidhvaja. Harvard Oriental Series, vol. 48. Cambridge: Harvard University Press 45

Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Malhotra, P. (2025). गृह (Lemma #6155). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/6155/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Malhotra, P. (2025). गृह (Lemma #6155). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/6155/
MLA (9th)
Malhotra, P. (2025). गृह (Lemma #6155). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/6155/
Harvard
Malhotra, P. (2025) गृह (Lemma #6155), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/6155/ (Accessed: February 2, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac6155,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-02]},
	author = {Malhotra, Poorvaa},
	year = {2025},
	title = {गृह ({Lemma} #6155)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/6155/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/6155/},
}