Paṭhavī
Paṭhavī,(f.) [Ved.pṛthivī,doublets in Pāli pathavī,puthavī,puthuvī,puṭhuvī,see Geiger,P.Gr.§§ 124,17n.To ad.,pṛthu:see puthu,prath to expand,thus lit.the broad one,breadth,expansion.Not (as Bdhgh at Vism.364:patthaṭattā pathavī,cp.Cpd.155 even modern linguists!) to be derived fr.pattharati] the earth.Acc.to Nd2 389 syn.with jagati.It figures as the first element in enumn of the 4 elements (see dhātu 1),viz.p.,āpo,tejo,vāyo (earth,water,fire,wind or the elements of the extension,cohesion,heat and motion:Cpd.155).At D.III,87 sq.≈ Vism.418 rasa° is opposed to bhūmi-pappaṭaka.Otherwise it is very frequent in representing the earth as solid,firm,spacious ground.See D.II,14,16; M.I,327 sq.; S.I,113 (p.udrīyati),119 (id.),186; II,133,169 sq.; V,45,78,246,456 sq.; A.II,50; IV,89,374,V,263 sq.; Sn.307,1097; It.21; Dh.41,44,178 (pathavyā); Pv.II,66; Miln.418; PvA.57,75,174.--mahā° M.I,127; S.II,179,263; III,150; J.I,25,74; III,42; Miln.187; aya° iron soil (of Avīci) DhA.I,148.In compn both paṭhavī° & pathavi°.
--ojā (paṭhavojā) sap or essence of the earth DhA.II,154.--kampa shaking the earth,an earthquake DA.I,130.--kampana=kampa J.I,47.--kasiṇa the earth artifice (see Dhs.trsl 43) D.III,286.--dhātu the earth element (see above) D.I,215; II,294; III,228,247; M.I,185; 421; S.II,170; Dhs.588,648,962 (cp.Dhs.trsln 241); Nett 73,74; VbhA.55; --maṇḍala the circle of the E.D.I,134; S.I,101; A.IV,90.--rasa taste of earth S.I,134; SnA 5.--lekha writing on (or in) carth A.I,283; Pug.32.--saññā earth consciousness M.II.105; A.IV,312; V,7 sq.,318 sq.353 sq.--sama like the earth M.I,127,423; Dh.95.(Page 403)