Vedic Mythology c5.s3.t1.2

c5.s3.t1.2

The meaning of Pṛthivī is ‘the broad one’; and a poet of the RV. (2, 15^2) alludes to the etymology when he says that Indra upheld the earth (*pṛthivī*) and spread it out (*paprathat*). The TS. (7, 1, 5) and TB. (1, 1, 3^5) in describing the origin of the earth, expressly derive the name of Pṛthivī from the root *prath*, to extend, because she is extended.