Bhumijivin, Bhūmijīvin, Bhumi-jivin: 6 definitions

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Bhūmijīvin (भूमिजीविन्).—a. living on (the produce of) land; an agriculturist. (-m.) a Vaiśya.

Bhūmijīvin is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms bhūmi and jīvin (जीविन्).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Bhūmijīvin (भूमिजीविन्).—m. (-vī) The Vaiśya or Hindu of the third or agricultural and mercantile tribe. E. bhūmi the earth, and jīvin who gets a livelihood.

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

Bhūmijīvin (भूमिजीविन्):—[=bhūmi-jīvin] [from bhūmi > bhū] m. ‘living by the soil’, a Vaiśya, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

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

Bhūmijīvin (भूमिजीविन्):—[bhūmi-jīvin] (vī) 5. m. The Vaishya, agriculturalist or farmer.

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Bhumijivin 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.

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