Prithivi

American  

[pri-tee-vee] / prɪˈti vi /

noun

Hindu Mythology.

1. a Vedic goddess personifying the earth and fertility.

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Example Sentences

In Hindoo mythology, the Earth, under the name of Prithivi, receives a certain share of honors as one of the primitive goddesses of the Veda, being thought of as the "kind mother."

From Bible Myths and their Parallels in other Religions Being a Comparison of the Old and New Testament Myths and Miracles with those of the Heathen Nations of Antiquity Considering also their Origin and Meaning by Doane, T. W.

The chief of these deities were Agni, the fire; Prithivi, the earth; Ushas, the dawn; Mitra, or Surya, the sun; Indra, the sky; Maruts, the storm-winds; and Varuna, the All-Surrounder.

From Fairy Tales; Their Origin and Meaning With Some Account of Dwellers in Fairyland by Bunce, John Thackray

In India Dyaus was a bull, and his spouse, the earth mother, Prithivi, was a cow.

From Myths of Babylonia and Assyria by Mackenzie, Donald Alexander

She enters supported by her mother Prithivi, the Earth and Ganga, each carrying a baby in the lap.

From Tales from the Hindu Dramatists by Zemin, J. S.

In the Veda, Dyaus appears now, as with Prithivi,** the parent of all, both men and gods, now as a created thing or being fashioned by Indra or by Tvashtri.***

From Myth, Ritual And Religion, Vol. 2 (of 2) by Lang, Andrew