गृह

gṛha
Sanskrit · noun
Edited by: Poorvaa Malhotra
Last edited: 2025-10-19
Meanings
Literal translation
gṛha
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1. House

1.a House

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

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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: July 4, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac6155,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-07-04]},
	author = {Malhotra, Poorvaa},
	year = {2025},
	title = {गृह ({Lemma} #6155)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/6155/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/6155/},
}