As a Hindi name
No reading on this path — this spelling has no entry in our Hindi sources, and no near neighbour is attested there either. We say so rather than invent one.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
standing or remaining on the earth or on the ground, being or lying in, the earth (ambu bhūmi-ṣṭham, ‘stagnant water’; bhūmi-ṣṭha-mātra-taḥ, ‘from the moment of being on the e˚’ i.…
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M3 · meaning shifts "bhūmiṣṭha" is derived from "bhūmi" with the iṣṭhan suffix — a related word whose meaning shifts, so both meanings are shown.
bhūmi f. (Ved. also nom. bhūmī gen. abl. ˚myās loc. ˚myām) the earth, soil, ground, RV. &c. &c.
(pl. divisions of the world; cf. bhūmi-traya)
bhūmi—ṣṭha mfn. standing or remaining on the earth or on the ground, being or lying in, the earth (ambu bhūmi-ṣṭham, ‘stagnant water’; bhūmi-ṣṭha-mātra-taḥ, ‘from the moment of being on the e˚’ i.e. ‘immediately after birth’), KātyŚr.; MBh.; Hariv. &c.
living or remaining in one's own country, Kām. (cf. parabh˚).
Gender counterpart
The kosha attests this stem in the feminine, the masculine, and the neuter — the same name serves without alteration.
Dictionary citations
bhūmi—ṣṭha mfn. standing or remaining on the earth or on the ground, being or lying in, the earth (ambu bhūmi-ṣṭham, ‘stagnant water’; bhūmi-ṣṭha-mātra-taḥ, ‘from the moment of being on the e˚’ i.e. ‘immediately after birth’), KātyŚr.; MBh.; Hariv. &c.
living or remaining in one's own country, Kām. (cf. parabh˚).
bhūmiṣṭha mfn. (-ṣṭhaḥ-ṣṭhā-ṣṭhaṃ) Standing or staying on the earth. E. bhūmi, and stha who or what stays.
bhūmi f. (Ved. also nom. bhūmī gen. abl. ˚myās loc. ˚myām) the earth, soil, ground, RV. &c. &c.
(pl. divisions of the world; cf. bhūmi-traya)
Alternative readings
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