Grihasta

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Grihasta (Skt. gṛhin or gṛhasthaḥ; Tib. ཁྱིམ་པ་ or ཁྱིམ་ན་གནས་པ་, Wyl. khyim pa or khyim na gnas pa) — a householder. The term stands in contrast with a pravrajita, who has left the life of a householder, has gone forth and has become a renunciant.