पृथिवी [ pṛthivī ] [ pṛthivī́ ] f. (= [ pṛthvī ] f. of [ pṛthu ] ) the earth or wide world ( " the broad and extended One " , personified as [ devī ] and often invoked together with the sky ( cf. 3. [ div ] and [ dyāvā-pṛthivī ] Lit. RTL. 182 ) ; according to Lit. VP. daughter of [ pṛthu ] ; the Veda makes 3 earths , one called [ bhūmi ] , inhabited by men , and 2 under it ; there is also an earth between the world of men and the circumambient ocean ( Lit. ŚBr. ) and one extending through the 3 worlds ( Lit. Naigh. ) ) Lit. RV.

  land , ground , soil Lit. ib.

  earth regarded as one of the elements Lit. Prab. Lit. Suśr.

  = [ antarikṣa ] Lit. Naigh. i , 3