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)

People

• Padma (given name)
• 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
• Padma (politician) (born 1945), Indian politician

Places

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

Other uses

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

See also

• All pages with titles beginning with Padma
• All pages with titles containing Padma
• Padme (disambiguation)