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bhūmibhāgaṁ

bhūmibhāga

accusative singular masculine of the compound bhūmibhāga

  1. portion of land
  2. plot of ground
  3. territorial division

Analysis. bhūmi (earth, land) + bhāga (part, share, portion); a bounded section of territory or estate

Etymology. bhūmi from √bhū (be, become; cognate with English be, Latin fuī); bhāga from √bhaj (share, allot; cognate with Sanskrit bhaj-, related to English behavior in the sense of bearing or allotting oneself)

Meanings from the Digital Pāḷi Dictionary; morphology and etymology by Claude.

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