The Sanskrit term Bhūmigṛha can be transliterated into English as Bhumigrha or Bhumigriha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Buddhism

Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)

Source: Google Books: The Lamp for Integrating the Practices (Caryamelapakapradipa)

Bhūmigṛha (भूमिगृह) or Bhūgṛha refers to a “single-story cottage”, according to the 9th-century Caryāmelāpakapradīpa (“The Lamp for Integrating the Practices”) by Āryadeva, which represents a comprehensive exposition of the Guhyasamāja-tantra.—Accordingly, as the Vajra Mentor said: “Excellent, excellent, Great One! I will explain the practice without elaboration according to the tradition of the Great Yoga Tantra, the Glorious Esoteric Community. Listen with one-pointed attention! In a region that is agreeable to the mind as described in the Tantras, [that is]: ‘In regions of great wilderness provided with fruits, flowers, and the like; on a lonely mountain should this assembly of meditation be practiced’. Having consecrated either a single-story cottage [i.e., bhūmigṛha] or a raised platform according to the rite as it has been explained, and having imaginatively created there a celestial palace with a vajra and a jewel peak, with features such as having four corners, and so on, thereafter, [...]”.

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Tibetan Buddhism includes schools such as Nyingma, Kadampa, Kagyu and Gelug. Their primary canon of literature is divided in two broad categories: The Kangyur, which consists of Buddha’s words, and the Tengyur, which includes commentaries from various sources. Esotericism and tantra techniques (vajrayāna) are collected indepently.

Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Bhūmigṛha (भूमिगृह).—a cellar, an underground chamber.

Derivable forms: bhūmigṛham (भूमिगृहम्).

Bhūmigṛha is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms bhūmi and gṛha (गृह).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Bhūmigṛha (भूमिगृह).—[neuter] an under-ground chamber.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Bhūmigṛha (भूमिगृह):—[=bhūmi-gṛha] [from bhūmi > bhū] n. an underground chamber, [Kathāsaritsāgara]

2) [v.s. ...] mfn. whose house is the earth (said of a dead person), [Atharva-veda]

[Sanskrit to German]

Bhumigriha in German

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Bhūmigṛha (ಭೂಮಿಗೃಹ):—[noun] a house constructed under the ground.

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Griha, Bhumi.

Full-text: Bhugriha.

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