【英汉对照佛学词典】


(1) Earth, the earth, the ground (esp. as contrasted to heaven 天). (2) A land, a country, territory. (3) A place, a scene, a location, a situation, a position. A stage in the progression on the path towards enlightenment. (4) A reference to one of the ten stages 十地 (bhu^mis) of the bodhisattva's course of practice. (5) The spirit of the land.