भुवन [ bhuvana ] [ bhúvana ] n. a being , living creature , man , mankind Lit. RV.

  (rarely m.) the world , earth Lit. ib. (generally 3 worlds are reckoned ( see [ tri-bhuvana ] and [ bhuvana-traya ] ) , but also 2 ( see [ bhuvana-dvaya ] ) , or 7 ( Lit. MBh. xii , 6924 ) or 14 ( Lit. Bhartṛ. ) ; cf. Lit. RTL. 102 n.1)

  place of being , abode , residence Lit. AV. Lit. ŚBr.

  a house (v.l. for [ bhavana ] ) Lit. L.

  (?) causing to exist (= [ bhāvana ] ) Lit. Nir. vii , 25

  water Lit. Naigh. i , 15

  [ bhuvana ] m. N. of a partic. month Lit. TS.

  of a Rudra Lit. VP.

  of an Āptya (author of Lit. RV. x , 157) Lit. RAnukr.

  of a teacher of Yoga Lit. Cat.

  of another man Lit. MBh.