भूमि

Sanskrit

Noun

भूमि (bhūmi) f

1. earth, soil, ground; Earth personified as Bhumi
   • RV 4.17.2b

     तव तविषो जनिमन्रेजत दयौ रेजद भूमिर्भियसा सवस्य मन्योः |

     ऋघायन्त सुभ्वः पर्वतास आर्दन्धन्वानि सरयन्त आपः ||

     tava tviṣo janiman rejata dyau rejad bhūmir bhiyasā svasya manyoḥ |

     ṛghāyanta subhvaḥ parvatāsa ārdan dhanvāni sarayanta āpaḥ ||

     Heaven trembled at the birth of thine effulgence; Earth trembled at the fear of thy displeasure.

     The stedfast mountains shook in agitation, the waters flowed, and desert spots were flooded.

2. (in the plural) divisions of the world; compare भूमित्रय (bhūmi-traya)
3. territory, country, district
4. place, situation
5. position, posture, attitude
6. part, personification (played by an actor)
7. floor of a house, story
8. area
9. the base of any geometrical figure
10. (figuratively) a step, degree, stage (with Buddhists there are 10 or 13 stages of existence or perfection); Bhumi
11. extent, limit
12. (at the end of a compound) matter, subject, object, receptacle i.e. fit object or person for

    विश्वासभूमि (vi-śvāsa-bhūmi) — "ground for confidence", i.e. a trustworthy person

    स्नेहभूमि (sneha-bhūmi) — "oil-source", any substance yielding oil or grease

13. tongue

Declension

    Feminine i-stem declension of भूमि

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	भूमिः (bhūmiḥ)	भूमी (bhūmī)	भूमयः (bhūmayaḥ)
Vocative	भूमे (bhūme)	भूमी (bhūmī)	भूमयः (bhūmayaḥ)
Accusative	भूमिम् (bhūmim)	भूमी (bhūmī)	भूमीः (bhūmīḥ)
Instrumental	भूम्या (bhūmyā)	भूमिभ्याम् (bhūmibhyām)	भूमिभिः (bhūmibhiḥ)
Dative	भूम्यै (bhūmyai) / भूमये (bhūmaye)	भूमिभ्याम् (bhūmibhyām)	भूमिभ्यः (bhūmibhyaḥ)
Ablative	भूम्याः (bhūmyāḥ) / भूमेः (bhūmeḥ)	भूमिभ्याम् (bhūmibhyām)	भूमिभ्यः (bhūmibhyaḥ)
Genitive	भूम्याः (bhūmyāḥ) / भूमेः (bhūmeḥ)	भूम्योः (bhūmyoḥ)	भूमीनाम् (bhūmīnām)
Locative	भूम्याम् (bhūmyām) / भूमौ (bhūmau)	भूम्योः (bhūmyoḥ)	भूमिषु (bhūmiṣu)

References

• Sir Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit-English dictionary etymologically and philologically arranged with special reference to cognate Indo-European languages, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1898, page 0763