Bhummi 1 (feminine) [from bhumma] that which belongs to the ground, i.e. a plane (of existence), soil, stage (as technical term in philosophy) As 277 (°y-āpatti), 339 (the same), 985 (dukkha°), 1368, 1374 f. (see BMPE 231, note 6). Bhummi 2 [old vocative of bhumma] a vocative of friendly address "my (dear) man" (literal terrestrial) Vin II 304 (= piyavacanaṃ Sp I 1298).