The Sanskrit term Bhūmiśayyā can be transliterated into English as Bhumisayya or Bhumishayya, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Bhūmiśayyā (भूमिशय्या).—sleeping on the ground.

Bhūmiśayyā is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms bhūmi and śayyā (शय्या). See also (synonyms): bhūmiśayana.

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

1) Bhūmiśayyā (भूमिशय्या):—[=bhūmi-śayyā] [from bhūmi > bhū] f. ([cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]) the act of sleeping on the (bare) ground.

2) Bhūmīśayya (भूमीशय्य):—[=bhūmī-śayya] [from bhūmī > bhū] mfn. sleeping on the ground, [Bhartṛhari]

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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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Partial matches: Shayya, Bhumi.

Full-text: Bhumishayana, Antashayya, Tala.

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