The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

h(naho&a, bh(hata, all showing the difficulty of the archaic word); J v.266 (pl. bh(nahuno, expld by C.
272 as "is"na' ativatt!ro attano va..hiy! hatatt! bh."). Cp. M i.502 ("puritanical" suggested by Lord
Chalmers).
Bh(ma
Bh(ma ( -- ˚) [=bh(mi] 1. (lit.) ground, country, district S iii.5 (pacch!˚ the western district). -- 2. (fig.)
ground, reason for, occasion; stage, step Sn 896 (aviv!da˚ ground of harmony; according to SnA 557 Ep. of
Nibb!na).
Bh(maka
Bh(maka (& ˚ika) (adj.) (only -- ˚) [from bh(ma, or bh(mi] 1. having floors or stories (of buildings) as
dve˚ p!s!da DhA i.414; pañca˚ p!s!da a palace with 5 stories J i.58, 89; satta˚ with 7 stories (p!s!da) DhA
ii.1, 260. The form ˚ika at DhA i.182 (dve˚ geha). 2. belonging to a place or district, as j!ti˚ from the
land of (their) birth M i.147; pacch!˚ from the western country S iv.312 (br!hma*!). -- 3. being on a certain
plane or in a certain state, as paritta˚ & mah!˚ Vbh 340 te˚ in 3 planes SnA 4 (of the 5 Khandhas), 510
(˚va&&a); DhA i.36 (kusala), 305 (˚va&&a); iv.69 (tebh(maka -- va&&a -- sankh!ta' M!ra -- bandhana'), 72
(dhamm!); catu˚ in 4 planes DhsA 296 (kusala); DhA i.35 (citta). The form ˚ika at DhA i.288 (with ref. to
citta).
Bh(mi
Bh(mi (f.) [cp. Vedic bh(mi, Av. b(mi, soil, ground, to bh(, as in bhavati, cp. Gr. fu/sis etc. See bhavati]
1. (lit.) ground, soil, earth Vin ii.175; Sn 418 (y!na˚ carriage road); Pv i.1014#; SnA 353 (he&&h! --
bh(miya' under the earth); DhA i.414 (id., opp. upari -- bh(miya'). -- 2. place, quarter, district, region M
i.145 (j!ti˚ district of one's birth); Sn 830 (vigh!ta˚); Nd2 475 (danta˚); DhA i.213 (!p!na˚); PvA 80
(sus!na˚). -- uyy!na˚ garden ( -- place or locality) Vv 6419; Pv ii.129; J i.58. -- 3. (fig.) ground, plane,
stage, level; state of consciousness, Vin. i.17; Vbh 322 sq.; Vism 126, 442 (with ref. to the 4 Pa&isambhid!,
as sekha -- bh(mi & asekha -- bh(mi), 517 (paññ!˚ -- niddesa). Usually -- ˚: indriya˚ Nett 192; dassana˚
plane of insight Nett 8, 14, 50; sukha˚ ground for happiness Dhs 984 (cp. DhsA 214). -- bh(mi -- ttaya the 3
stages, viz. k!mâvacara, r(pâvacara, lokuttara Vism 493. -- pl. bh(miyo Ps ii.205=Vism 384 (appld to the 4
jh!nas); purisa˚ (a&&ha p. bh. eight stages of the individual; viz. manda -- bh(mi, khi..!˚, v"ma'sana˚,
ujugata˚, sekha˚, sama*a˚, jina˚, panna˚, or as trsld by Rh. D. in Dial. i.72, under "eight stages of a prophet's
existence"; babyhood, playtime, trial time, erect time, learning time, ascetic time, prophet time & prostrate
time. Cp. the 10 decades of man's life, as given by Bdhgh at Vism 619). -- Bdhgh, when defining the 2
meanings of bh(mi as "mah! -- pa&hav"" and as "cittupp!da" (rise of thought) had in view the distinction
between its literal & figurative meaning. But this def. (at DhsA 214) is vague & only popular. -- An old loc.
of bh(mi is bhumy!, e. g. J i.507; v.84. Another form of bh(mi at end of cpds. is bh(ma (q. v.). -- kampa
shaking of the ground, earthquake Miln 178. -- gata "gone into the soil," i. e. hiding, stored away J i.375. --
ghana thick soil SnA 149, cp. pa&havi -- ghana ibid. 146. -- tala ground ( -- surface) PvA 186. -- padesa
place or region upon the earth J vi.95. -- pappa&aka outgrowths in the soil D iii.87=Vism 418. -- pothana
beating the ground DhA i.171. -- bh!ga division of the earth, district J i.109; v.200; VvA 125; PvA 29, 154.
-- laddh'(uppanna) acquired on a certain stage of existence SnA 4. -- saya lying or sleeping on the ground
DhA ii.61.
Bh(ri
Bh(ri1 (f.) [cp. late Sk. bh(r] the earth; given as name for the earth (pa&havi) at Ps ii.197; see also def. at
DhsA 147. Besides these only in 2 doubtful cpds., both resting on demonology, viz. bh(rikamma D i.12,
expld as "practices to be observed by one living in a bh(righara or earth -- house" (?) DA i.97, but cp.
Vedic bh(ri -- karman "much effecting"; and bh(rivijj! D i.9, expld as "knowledge of charms to be
pronounced by one living in an earth -- house" (?) DA i.93. See Dial. i.18, 25. The meaning of the terms is
obscure; there may have been (as Kern rightly suggests: see Toev. s. v.) quite a diff. popular practice