Puthavī & Puthuvī (f.) [doublets of paṭhavī] the earth; as puthavi at S i.186; J i.14 (v. l. puthuvi); iv.233, & in cpds. ˚nābhi the navel of the earth (of the bodhimaṇḍa, the Buddha's seat under the holy fig tree)J iv.232; ˚maṇḍala the round of the earth Sn 990. -- As puthuvī at A ii.21, and in cpd. puthuvi -- agga SnA 353.