pfṭivī | प्फ़्टिवी | pfTivI
pfṭivī/ | प्फ़्टिवी/ | f. (= pfṭvī | प्फ़्ट्वी | f. of pfṭu | प्फ़्टु |) the earth or wide world (‘the broad and extended One’, personified as devī | देवी | and often invoked together with the sky [cf. 3. div | दिव् | and dyāvā-pfṭivī | द्यावा-प्फ़्टिवी |, RTL. 182]; according to VP. daughter of pfṭu | प्फ़्टु |; the Veda makes 3 earths, one called Būmi | Bऊमि |, inhabited by men, and 2 under it; there is also an earth between the world of men and the circumambient ocean [ŚBr.] and one extending through the 3 worlds [Naigh.]), RV. &c. &c.
land, ground, soil, ib.
earth regarded as one of the elements, Prab.; Suśr.
= antarikśa | अन्तरिक्श |, Naigh. i, 3
land, ground, soil, ib.
earth regarded as one of the elements, Prab.; Suśr.
= antarikśa | अन्तरिक्श |, Naigh. i, 3