Gihin
					
					Gihin,(adj.-n.) [fr.gaha,cp.gaha & geha; Sk.gṛhin] a householder,one who leads a domestic life,a layman (opp.pabbajita & paribbājaka).Geu.sg.gihissa (D.III,147,167) & gihino (D.III,174); n.pl.gihī; in cpds.gihī° & gihi° (usually the latter).gihī agāraṁ ajjhāvasantā A.I,49; gihī odātavasanā (clad in white robes as distinguished fr.kasāva-vasanā the yellowrobed i.e.bhikkhus) D.I,211; III,117,124,210; M.I,340; III,261; A.I,74.-- Contrasted with pabbajitā:A.I,69; D.III,147,167,179.gihī dhaññena dhanena vaḍḍhati D.III,165.-- Other passages in general:S.II,120,269; III,11; IV,180,300 sq.; A.II,65; 69 (kāmabhogī); IV,438 (do.); D.III,124 (do.); A.III,211 (sambodhiparāyano); IV,345 sq.; D.III,167 sq.; 171 sq.; 176,192; Sn.220,221,404; Dh.74; Miln.19,264; DhA.I,16 (gihīniyāma); Sdhp.376,426; PvA.13 (gihīkālato paṭṭhāya from the time of our laymanship); DhA.II,49 (id.).
  --kicca a layman’s or householder’s duties Pv IV.142 (=kuṭumba-kiccāni PvA.240); --dhamma a layman’s duty A.III,41; --parisā a congregation of laymen S.I,111; M.I,373; A.III,184; --bandhanāni (pl.) a layman’s fetters Sn.44 (=Nd2 228 puttā ca dāsī dāsā ca,etc.); --byañjanāni (pl.) characteristics of a layman,or of a man of the world (w.ref.to articles of dress & ornament) Sn.44,64 (=Nd2 229); Miln.11; --bhūta as a householder D.II,196; --bhoga riches of a worldly man S.III,93; It.90; --liṅga characteristic of a layman DhA.II,61.--saṁsagga association with laymen A.III,116,258; --saṁyojana the impediments of a householder (cp.°bandhanāni) M.I,483; --sukha the welfare of a g.A.I,80.(Page 251)