feminine
earth
the earth
Paṭhavī (feminine) [Vedic pr̥thivī, doublets in Pāli pathavī, puthavī, puthuvī, puṭhuvī, see Geiger, Pāli Grammar §§12.4, 17, note 2. To adjective, pr̥thu: see puthu, prath to expand, thus literally the broad one, breadth, expansion. Not (as Buddhaghosa at Vism 364: patthaṭattā pathavī, cf. Cpd. 155 even modern linguists!) to be derived from pattharati] the earth. According to Nidd II §389 synonymous with jagati. It figures as the first element in enumeration of the 4 elements (see dhātu 1), viz. p., āpo, tejo, vāyo (earth, water, fire, wind or the elements of extension, cohesion, heat and motion: Cpd. 155). At D III 87 f. ≈ Vism 418 rasa° is opposed to bhūmi-pappaṭaka. Otherwise it is very frequent in representing the earth as solid, firm, spacious ground. See D II 14, 16; M I 327 f.; S I 113 (p. udrīyati), 119 (the same), 186; II 133, 169 f.; V 45, 78, 246, 456 f.; A II 50; IV 89, 374, V 263 f.; Snp 307, 1097; It 21; Dhp 41, 44, 178 (pathavyā); Pv II 6 6 ; Miln 418; Pv-a 57, 75, 174. — mahā° M I 127; S II 179, 263; III 150; Ja I 25, 74; III 42; Miln 187; aya° iron soil (of Avīci) Dhp-a I 148. In compounds both paṭhavī° and pathavi°. -ojā (paṭhavojā) sap or essence of the earth Dhp-a II 154; -kampa shaking the earth, an earthquake Sv I 130; -kampana = kampa Ja I 47; -kasiṇa the earth artifice (see BMPE 40) D III 286; -dhātu the earth element (see above) D I 215; II 294; III 228, 247; M I 185; 421; S II 170; Dhs 588, 648, 962 (cf. BMPE 222); Nett 73, 74; Vibh-a 55; -maṇḍala the circle of the Earth D I 134; S I 101; A IV 90; -rasa taste of earth S I 134; Pj II 5; -lekha writing on (or in) carth A I 283; Pp 32; -saññā earth consciousness M. II 105; A IV 312; V 7 f., 318 f. 353 f. -sama like the earth M I 127, 423; Dhp 95. [BD]: earth, water, firelight and wind; or solidity or resistance; liquidity or pull (e.g. gravity or cohesion); heat and light; motion.
【陰】 地。~kampana,【中】 地震。~kasiṇa,【中】 （修禪取相 的）地器材。~calana,【中】 ~cāla,【陽】 地震。~dhātu,【陰】 地界，地元素。~sama,【形】 似地的。~vojā,【陰】 地的元氣，地的精髓。
(fem, fem) earth; ground earth Construction: √path > paṭh + avī