Ghara
Ghara,1 (nt.; pl.°ā Dh.241,302) [cp.gaha & geha] a house A.II,68; Sn.43 (gahaṭṭhā gharaṁ āvasantā),337 (Abl.gharā),889 (id.gharamhā); J.I,290 (id.gharato); IV,2,364,492 (ayo°); Pug.57; Miln.47.Combd with vatthu PvA.3,17.-- sūcighara a needle-case VvA.251.
--ājira house-yard Vism.144 (where Dhs.A 116 in id.passage reads gharadvāra).--āvāsa the household life (as contrasted with the life of a mendicant) Vin.II,180 (gharāvāsatthaṁ); A.II,208; M.I,179,240,267,344; Sn.406 (cp.S.V,350); J.I,61; PvA.61; --kapoṭa [Sk.gṛhakapota] the house-pigeon Miln.364,403; --golikā house or domestic lizard J.II,147.--dāsī a female house-slave Pv.II,321; --dvāra a house-door J.IV,142; Dhs.A 116; PvA.93; --bandhana the bonds of the house,i.e.the establishing of marriage DhA.I,4; --mukha an opening in the house,the front of the house Nd2 177; --mesin one who looks after the house,a pater familias,householder Sn.188; It.112 (gahaṭṭha+); J.VI,575; --sandhi a cleft or crevice in the house PvA.24; --sūkara a tame,domestic pig DhA.IV,16.(Page 257)