पृथिवी

Monier-Williams · pṛthivī
pṛthivī f. (= pṛthvii f. of pṛthu) the earth or wide world ('the broad and extended One', personified as devii and often invoked together with the sky [ div and dyāvā-pṛthivii RTL. 182] ‖ according to VP. daughter of pṛthu ‖ the Veda makes 3 earths, one called bhūmi, inhabited by men, and a under it ‖ there is also an earth between the world of men and the circumambient ocean "ṣBr. and one extending through the 3 worlds ṇaigh.) RV. &c. &c ‖ land, ground, soil ib ‖ earth regarded as one of the elements Prab. Suśr. ‖ = antarikṣa Naigh. i, 3 ‖ vyā vrata and saṃsarpa n. N