Apte Sanskrit-English Dictionary
[bhavatyatra, bhū-ādhārādau-kyun] 1 A world; the number of worlds is either three, as in tribhuvana, or fourteen; iha hi bhuvanānyanye dhīrāścaturdaśa bhuṃjate Bh. 3. 23 (see loka also); bhuvanālokanaprītiḥ Ku. 2. 45; bhuvanavi- ditaṃ Me. 6.
2 The earth.
3 Hea- ven.
4 A being, living creature.
5 Man, mankind.
6 Water.
7 The number ‘fourteen’.
8 Abode, re- sidence (Ved.).
9 Becoming pros- perous....
