Padma (disambiguation)
Padma may refer to:
- Padma (attribute), the lotus, a symbolic flower repeatedly finding reference in Hinduism, Jainism, and Buddhism
- Padma River, a river of Bangladesh
- In the Indian numbering system, one padma is equal to one quadrillion (1015)
- Padma, Hazaribagh, in Jharkhand, India
- Padma Purana, a Hindu religious text, one of the major eighteen Puranas.
- Padmasambhava, a Buddhist scholar
Given name
- Padma Choling (b. 1952), Chairman of the Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR), China
- Padma Desai (b. 1932), Indian-American development economist
- Padma Gole (1913–1998), Marathi poet from Maharashtra
- Padma Kant Shukla (1950–2013), Indian physicist
- Padma Lakshmi (b. 1970), a host of the reality TV program Top Chef
- Padma Khanna (b. 1949), popular actress of Bollywood and Bhojpuri cinema
- Padma Sachdev (b. 1940), Indian writer, novelist in Dogri
- Padma Talwalkar (b. 1948), Indian classical vocalist
- Padma Viswanathan (b. 1968), Canadian playwright
In popular culture
- Padma Patil, a character from the Harry Potter books
See also
- Padme (disambiguation)
- All pages with titles containing Padma
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