a-bhūtala-sp-

on the surface of the earth

sparṡa

sparṡá

m. (ifc. f. ā) touch, sense of touch (- tas ind. e.g.. sparṡa-taḥsukhaṉtat, « that is pleasant to the touch»), contact (fig. applied to the beginning of an eclipse orﾠ to any astron. contact) Mn. MBh. VarBṛS. etc.;
(in gram.) collective N. of the twenty-five consonants constituting the five classes from k to m (so-called because formed by complete contact of the organs of utterance;
cf. sthāna andﾠ spṛishṭa) Prāt. ChUp. BhP. ;
(in phil.) the quality of tangibility (which constitutes the skin's vishaya q.v.) IW. 68 ;
any quality which is perceptible by touching any object (e.g.. heat, cold, smoothness, softness etc.) MBh. etc.;
feeling, sensation (e.g.. siraḥ-ṡūla-sp-, « sensation of headache») ṠBr. etc. etc.;
pleasant feeling MBh. V, 1366 ;
unpleasant orﾠ morbid sensation, illness Pāṇ. 3-3, 16 Vārtt. 1 Pat. ;
air, wind L. ;
(accord. toﾠ some) temperature Nyāyad. ;
a kind of sexual union L. ;
a gift, offering ( seeﾠ kāka-sp- andﾠ sp-yajña below);
w.r. for spaṡa, a spy MBh. Ṡiṡ. ;
(ā) f. an unchaste woman L. ;
(a word of unknown meaning) Hariv. 10243.

the people who wander over the sky (and ‘pātāla’ & ‘bhūtala’)