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bhummānaṁ
bhummā
genitive plural neuter of bhummā (earth, ground, or soil)
- of the earth
- of the ground
- terrestrial
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- bhum — root · earth, ground
The root *bʰuH- refers to the solid element; appears in Sanskrit bhūmi and throughout Indo-European languages with this sense of soil or foundation.
- mā — stem · feminine singular stem marker
Forms the feminine stem bhummā, which is feminine in Pali though the concept can be neuter in other contexts.
- aṁ — ending · genitive plural
The ending -ānaṁ marks genitive plural in neuter and feminine declensions, indicating possession or relation to multiple instances of earth or ground.
Etymology. From Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH- (earth, ground). Cognate with Latin fum- (soil, earth) and English bottom. The word denotes the physical element of earth in both literal and cosmological contexts.