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Changing short description from "Earth goddess in sanathana dharma" to "Earth goddess in Hinduism" (Shortdesc helper)

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{{Short description|Earth goddess in Hinduism}}
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{{Use Indian English|date=March 2016}}
{{other uses}}{{About|Vedic goddess and wife of Dyaus|Puranic Goddess and consort of Varaha|Bhūmi}}{{Redirect|Dharti Mata|the 1938 film|Dharti Mata (film)}}
{{Infobox deity
| type = Hindu
| name = Prithvi
| caption = [[Prithu]] chasing Prithvi, who is in the form of a [[Cow]]
| Devanagari = पृथ्वी
| Sanskrit_transliteration = Prithvi
| other_names =
| affiliation = [[Devi]], [[Bhudevi]], [[Pancha Bhoota]]
| abode = [[Dyuloka]]
| planet = [[Earth]]
| mantra = Om Bhumhaya Namah
| consort = [[Dyaus Pita]]
| children =
| mount = [[Cow]], Elephant
| deity_of = Goddess of the Land<br>The Mother Earth
| greek_equivalent = [[Gaia]]
| roman_equivalent = [[Tellus Mater]]
| norse_equivalent = [[Jörð]]
}}
{{classic element}}
'''Prithvi''' or '''Prithvi Mata''' ([[Sanskrit]]: पृथ्वी, ''{{IAST|pṛthvī}}'', also पृथिवी, ''{{IAST|pṛthivī}}'') 'the Vast One' is the [[Sanskrit]] name for the [[earth]] as well as the name of a [[devi]] (goddess) in [[Hinduism]] and some branches of [[Buddhism]]. In the [[Veda]]s, she is the consort of [[Dyaus Pita]] but, later in [[Puranas]], she is known as [[Bhūmi]], [[Varaha]]'s wife.

As ''Pṛthvī Mātā'' ('Mother Earth') she is complementary to [[Dyaus Pita]] ('Father Sky').<ref>{{Cite book|last1=Leeming|first1=David|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kjO6CwAAQBAJ&pg=PT17|title=The Goddess: Myths of the Great Mother|last2=Fee|first2=Christopher|date=2016|publisher=Reaktion Books|isbn=978-1-78023-538-7|language=en}}</ref> In the ''[[Rigveda]]'', Earth and Sky are primarily addressed in the [[Dual (grammatical number)|dual]] as Dyavapṛthivi.{{sfn|Doniger O'Flaherty|2007|p=201, 330}} She is associated with the cow. [[Prithu]], an incarnation of [[Vishnu|Viṣṇu]], milked her in cow's form.

Despite strong historical Hindu influence, the name is also used for [[national personification]]s of country [[Indonesia]], where in certain points have been internally referred to as "[[Ibu Pertiwi]]" (in Indonesian).

==In Buddhism==
In Buddhist texts and visual representations, Pṛthvī is described as both protecting [[Gautama Buddha]] and as being his witness for his enlightenment. Prithvi appears in [[Early Buddhism]] in the [[Pāli Canon]], dispelling the temptation figure [[Mara (demon)|Mara]] by attesting to Gautama Buddha's worthiness to attain [[bodhi|enlightenment]].{{sfn|Shaw|2006|p=27}} The Buddha is frequently depicted performing the [[Mudra#Bhūmisparśa Mudrā|bhūmisparśa]] or "earth-touching" [[mudra|mudrā]] as a symbolic invocation of the goddess. {{sfn|Shaw|2007|p=17}}

In [[Chinese Buddhism]], she is considered one of the [[:zh:二十四诸天|Twenty-Four Protective Deities]] (二十四諸天 Èrshísì zhūtiān) and is usually enshrined in the [[Mahavira Hall]] of Buddhist temples along with the other devas.

==''Pṛthvī Sūkta''==
The ''{{IAST|Pṛthvī Sūkta}}'' (or ''{{IAST|Bhūmī Sūkta}}'') is a hymn of the ''[[Atharvaveda]]'' (12.1).

==Epithets==
[[File:Statue of Goddess or Queen at Monas.JPG|thumb|right|200px|Indonesian depiction of Prithvi in ancient regal attire as [[Ibu Pertiwi]] at the [[National Monument (Indonesia)|Indonesian National Monument]]]]
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Category
!Transliteration
!Gloss
|-
| rowspan=11|Provider
|[[Bhūmi]]
|Soil
|-
|[[Dhatri]]
|Nursing Mother
|-
|Dharitri
|Nurturer
|-
|Janitra
|Birthplace
|-
|Medini
|Nurturer
|-
|Prshni
|Mother of Plants
|-
|Vanaspatinam Grbhir Osadhinam
|Womb of Forest Trees and Herbs
|-
|Vishvadhaya
|All-Nourishing
|-
|Vishvagarbha
|World's Womb
|-
|Vishvamshu
|Producer of Everything
|-
|Vishvasvam
|Source of Everything
|-
|rowspan=7|Sustainer
|Dhar
|Upholder
|-
|Drdha
|Steady One
|-
|Ksama
|Patient One
|-
|Sthavara
|Stable One
|-
|Vishdava
|All-Preserving
|-
|Vishvadharini
|All-Supporting
|-
|Vishvamhara
|All-Bearing
|-
|rowspan=3|Enricher
|Ratnagarbha
|Repository of Gems
|-
|Ratnavati
|Abounding in Jewels
|-
|Vasundhara
|Bearer of Treasure
|}

==See also==

*[[Vasudhara]]
*[[Phra Mae Thorani]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

* {{cite book |editor1-last=Doniger O'Flaherty |editor1-first=Wendy |title=The Rig Veda: An Anthology: One Hundred and Eight Hymns |date=2007 |publisher=Penguin Books |location=Harmondsworth |isbn=9780140449891 |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/rigvedapenguincl00anon }}
* {{cite book |last=Shaw |first=Miranda Eberle |title=Buddhist Goddesses of India |publisher=Princeton University Press |year=2006 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/buddhistgoddesse00shaw/page/27 27] |isbn=978-0-691-12758-3 |url=https://archive.org/details/buddhistgoddesse00shaw |url-access=registration }}

==Further reading==
* ''Dictionary of Hindu Lore and Legend'' ({{ISBN|0-500-51088-1}}) by Anna Dallapiccola
* ''Hindu Goddesses: Vision of the Divine Feminine in the Hindu Religious Traditions'' ({{ISBN|81-208-0379-5}}) by David Kinsley

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[[Category:Classical elements]]
[[Category:Earth goddesses]]
[[Category:Hindu goddesses]]
[[Category:Mother goddesses]]
[[Category:Rigvedic deities]]
[[Category:Locations in Hindu mythology]]
[[Category:Hindu cosmology]]

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