(-˚)

1. (lit.) ground, country, district SN.iii.5 (pacchā˚ the western district).
2. (fig. ground, reason for, occasion; stage, step Snp.896 (avivāda˚ ground of harmony; according to Snp-a.557 epit …

absence of contesting or disputing, agreement, harmony DN.iii.245; Snp.896 (˚bhūma Snp-a.557 or ˚bhumma Mnd.308, expl^d. as Nibbāna).

a + vivāda

…pl. ahumhā (Sk. abhūma Pv.i.11#6, & ahumha Ja.i.362; Dhp-a.i.57. 3*^rd aor.* (s aor.) 1^st sg. ahosiṃ…

…Dhp-a.iv.69 (tebhūmaka-vaṭṭa-sankhātaṃ Māra-bandhanaṃ), Dhp-a.iv.72 (dhammā) catu˚; in 4 planes Dhs-a.296…

…at end of compounds is bhūma (q.v.).

• -kampa shaking of the ground, earthquake Mil.178 *…

…Dhp-a.iv.69 (tebhūmaka-vaṭṭa-sankhātaṃ Māra-bandhanaṃ), Dhp-a.iv.72 (dhammā) catu˚; in 4 planes Dhs-a.296…

…natural ground, in ˚bhūmaka, ˚bhūmika, ˚bhūmiya living on nat. gr. (vassaṃ vasati) MN.i.145; AN.iii.366

• -kkhaya the destruction…

…“with the waterpot” AN.v.263 (brāhmaṇā pacchābhūmakā k.).

etym. uncertain

…sahassa [sata?]-bhūmako, and at Ja.ii.334 by sahassa-kaṇḍubbedho ti pāsādo satabhūmiko ahosi; in preceding lines the…

…Dhp.276, Dhp.350 (= tebhūmaka-vaṭṭasankhātaṃ Dhp-a.iv.69).

• -senā the army of M. Snp.561 Snp.563;…

…= 3²

1. navabhūmaka pāsāda (a palace 9 stories high more freq. satta˚, 7) Ja.i.58; nava-hiraññakoṭīhi (w. 9 koṭis of…

…country SN.iii.5. -bhūmaka id. SN.iv.312 = AN.v.263 -mukha looking westward MN.iii.5; DN.ii.207;…

…the arrows of Māra) Dhp.46 (but explained at Dhp-a.i.337 as “p.˚ sankhātāni tebhūmakāni vaṭṭāni,” i.e. existence in the 3 stages…

…gajavaro Vv-a.33 ˚bhūmako pāsādo Ja.i.58 (cp. the house of Death as 5 stories high in Grimm, Mārchen No. 42 ed. Reclam)- 3. of…

…v. “unfailing”).

• -bhūmaka (pāsāda) (a palace) with 7 stories Mhvs.37, Mhvs.11; Ja.i.58; Ja.iv.378; Dhp-a.i.180,…

…Dhp-a.i.97.

• -bhūmaka belonging to the 3 stages of being (viz. the kāma, rūpa, arūpa existences; cp….

…Sdhp.276, Sdhp.491 (cp. tebhūmaka); -vagga consisting of 3 divisions or books DN-a.i.2 (Dīghāgamo vaggato t. hoti)…

…Kp-a.189; Snp-a.510 (tebhūmaka˚); Dhp-a.i.289 (kilesa˚), Dhp-a.iv.69 (tebhūmaka˚). See also Māra; and ˚dukkha ˚vivaṭṭa below. 3….