Puthavī and Puthuvī (feminine) [doublets of paṭhavī] the earth; as puthavi at S I 186; Ja I 14 (v.l. puthuvi); IV 233, and in compounds °nābhi the navel of the earth (of the bodhimaṇḍa, the Buddha's seat under the holy fig tree) {466} J IV 232; °maṇḍala the round of the earth Snp 990. — As puthuvī at A II 21, and in compound puthuvi-agga Pj II 353.
(fem, fem) earth; world Construction: √puth + avī