භූමි

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Pali

Alternative forms

Noun

භූමි f

  1. Sinhala script form of bhūmi (ground)
    • 2006, The First Book in the Suttanta-Pitaka: Dīgha-Nikāya (I), page 88:
      11. අථ ඛො රාජා මාගධො අජාතසත‍්තු වෙදෙහිපුත‍්තො යාවතිකා නාගස‍්ස භූමි නාගෙන ගන‍්ත්‍වා නාගා පච‍්චොරොහිත්‍වා පත‍්තිකො ‘ව යෙන මණ‍්ඩලමාළස‍්ස ද‍්වාරං තෙනුපසඞ‍්කමි.
      11. atha kho rājā māgadho ajātasattu vedehiputto yāvatikā nāgassa bhūmi nāgena gantvā nāgā paccorohitvā pattiko ’va yena maṇḍalamāḷassa dvāraṃ tenupasaṅkami.
      11. And then indeed the king of Magadha, Ajatashatru, son of the woman from Videha, went by elephant as far as there was room for an elephant, then dismounted from the elephant, and then went on only on foot to where the door of the pavilion was.

Declension

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

Noun

භූමි (bhū́mi) stemf

  1. Sinhalese script form of भूमि (ground)
    • (Can we date this quote?), The Buddha, Dhammapada(pāḷi) (subsequently translated from Pali to Sanskrit), Appamādavaɡɡa, page 32; republished in The Eighteenth Book in the Suttanta-Pitaka: Khuddaka-Nikāya, Colombo, 2009:
      8. ප්‍රමාදමප්‍රමාදෙන යදා නුදති පණ‍්ඩිතඃ
      ප්‍රඥාප්‍රසාදමාරුහ්‍ය ත්‍වශොකඃ ශොකිනීං ප්‍රජාම්
      පර්‍වතස‍්ථ ඉව භූමිෂ‍්ඨාන් ධීරො බාලානවෙක්‍ෂතෙ
      8 Pramādamapramādena yadā nudati paṇḍitaḥ
      Prajñāprasādamāruhya tvaśokaḥ śokinīṃ prajām
      Parvatastha iva bhūmiṣṭhān dhīro bālānavekṣate
      8. When the astute dispel negligence by means of diligence,
      having ascended the palace of wisdom, the sorrow-free then behold this generation of sorrow,
      as a wise man on a mountain-top beholds the fools below.
      (literally, “8. When the astute dispel negligence by means of diligence,
      having ascended the palace of wisdom, the sorrow-free then behold this generation of sorrow,
      as a wise man on a mountain-top beholds the fools on the ground.
      ”)
      (Wiktionary translation adapted from translation of the Pali by Ajahn Sujato.)

Declension

Feminine i-stem declension of භූමි (bhū́mi)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative භූමිඃ
bhū́miḥ
භූමී
bhū́mī
භූමයඃ
bhū́mayaḥ
Vocative භූමෙ
bhū́me
භූමී
bhū́mī
භූමයඃ
bhū́mayaḥ
Accusative භූමිම්
bhū́mim
භූමී
bhū́mī
භූමීඃ
bhū́mīḥ
Instrumental භූම්‍යා / භූමී¹
bhū́myā / bhū́mī¹
භූමිභ්‍යාම්
bhū́mibhyām
භූමිභිඃ
bhū́mibhiḥ
Dative භූමයෙ / භූම්‍යෛ² / භූමී¹
bhū́maye / bhū́myai² / bhū́mī¹
භූමිභ්‍යාම්
bhū́mibhyām
භූමිභ්‍යඃ
bhū́mibhyaḥ
Ablative භූමෙඃ / භූම්‍යාඃ² / භූම්‍යෛ³
bhū́meḥ / bhū́myāḥ² / bhū́myai³
භූමිභ්‍යාම්
bhū́mibhyām
භූමිභ්‍යඃ
bhū́mibhyaḥ
Genitive භූමෙඃ / භූම්‍යාඃ² / භූම්‍යෛ³
bhū́meḥ / bhū́myāḥ² / bhū́myai³
භූම්‍යොඃ
bhū́myoḥ
භූමීනාම්
bhū́mīnām
Locative භූමෞ / භූම්‍යාම්² / භූමා¹
bhū́mau / bhū́myām² / bhū́mā¹
භූම්‍යොඃ
bhū́myoḥ
භූමිෂු
bhū́miṣu
Notes
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