Padma (disambiguation)

The Padma is a major river in Bangladesh.

Padma may also refer to:

Common meanings

• Padma (attribute), the lotus, a symbolic flower repeatedly referred to in Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism
• Padma, another name of Lakshmi, the consort of the Hindu god Vishnu
• Padma, the consort of Kalki, a future avatar of Vishnu in Hindu eschatology
• Padma, in the Indian numbering system equal to one quadrillion (10¹⁵)
• Padmaprabha, 6th Jain Tirthankara
• Padmasambhava, a Buddhist scholar

Places

• Padma, Hazaribagh (community development block), in Jharkhand, India
• Padma, Hazaribagh, in Jharkhand, India

Notable people

• Padma (politician) (born 1945), Indian politician
• Padma Choling (born 1952), Chairman of the Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR), China
• Padma Desai (born 1932), Indian-American development economist
• Padma Gole (1913–1998), Marathi poet from Maharashtra
• Padma Khanna (born 1949), popular actress of Bollywood and Bhojpuri cinema
• Padma Lakshmi (born 1970), a host of the reality TV program Top Chef
• Padma Narsey Lal (born 1951), Fijian ecological economist
• Padma Sachdev (1940–2021), Indian writer, novelist in Dogri
• Padma Kant Shukla (1950–2013), Indian physicist
• Padma Talwalkar (born 1948), Indian classical vocalist
• Padma Viswanathan (born 1968), Canadian playwright

Arts, entertainment, and media

• Padma Patil, a fictional character from the Harry Potter books
• Padma Purana, a Hindu religious text, one of the major eighteen Puranas
• Padma, a fictional character played by Jaya Ahsan in the Indian films Bishorjan (2017) and Bijoya (2019)

See also

• All pages with titles beginning with Padma
• All pages with titles containing Padma
• Pada (disambiguation)
• Padam (disambiguation)
• Padme (disambiguation)
• Mahapadma (disambiguation)
• Padmavyooham (disambiguation)
• Padmasana (disambiguation)
• Padmaja (disambiguation)
• Padmini (disambiguation)