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bhūmiyaṁ

bhūmi

feminine noun, locative singular (bhūmiyaṁ)

  1. earth, ground
  2. realm, plane (of existence)
  3. stage, level (of spiritual attainment)

Etymology. From Indo-European *bʰewH- 'to be, grow, become'; cognate with English be, Latin fui 'was', German Boden 'soil'. The concrete sense is 'that which has grown forth' or 'the earth as the productive ground'.

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

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