What do you know about Grihapatis
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grihapati occurring in the Vedic literature; and it is assumed that since the term. literally means the head or 'master' of the griha: i.e., household, it must have. been the designation of the head of a joint patriarchal family or household
Gahapatis are another name for grihapatis. the oldsters that are wealthy in their village are called Grihapatis. These grihapatis also collect taxes or sess from the peasants and pay the king or emperor one-sixth of it. 'BHAGA' is another name for this.
Other independent farmers, referred to as grihapatis, existed alongside the gramabhojaka, the bulk of whom were minor landowners. Then there have been those, just like the dasa karmakara, who didn't own land and had to eke out a life labouring on other people's land.