कुटुम्बिन्

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

कुटुम्बिन्  m.  m. a householder, [Āp.]; [Mn. iii, 80]; [Yājñ.] &c.
ifc. (metaphorically) one who takes care of anything, [R. vi, 89, 19]
a member of a family, any one (also a servant) belonging to a family, [Pañcat.]; [Kathās.]; [Śāntiś.]
a peasant, [Inscr.]
कुटुम्बिन्  m.  m. pl. ( इनौ) the householder and his wife, [Āp.]

Shabda-Sagara

कुटुम्बिन्   and तल् affix; also
with त्व, कुटुम्बित्व.
कुटुम्बिन्  mfn.  ( -म्बी-म्बिनी-म्बि)
1. A peasant, a cultivator of the soil.
2. One who supports or has a family.
 m.  ( -म्बी) A householder, a pater- familias.
 f.  ( -म्बिनी)
1. The wife of a householder and mother of a [Page186-b+ 60] family, a matron.
2. A small shrub used in medicine, a kind of moon plant: see क्षीरिणी.
E. कुटुम्ब kindred, &c. and इनि poss. aff.

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कुटुम्ब इनि