Padmavati
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Mythology

  • Alamelu
    Alamelu
    Alamelu also known as Alamelmanga and Padmavati , is a Hindu devi. Believed to be a form of Lakshmi, the Hindu devi of wealth and good fortune, Alamelu is the consort of Sri Venkateshwara...

    , aka Padmāvatī, Hindu goddess and consort of Sri Venkateshwara of Tirupati
  • Another name for the Hindu serpent goddess Manasa
    Manasa
    Manasa is a Hindu folk goddess of snakes, worshipped mainly in Bengal and other parts of northeastern India, chiefly for the prevention and cure of snakebite and also for fertility and prosperity. Manasa is the sister of Vasuki, king of Nāgas and wife of sage Jagatkāru...

  • Padmavati (Jainism)
    Padmavati (Jainism)
    Padmāvatī is the protecting goddess or śāsanadevī of Pārśva, twenty-third Tīrthaṅkara in Jainism. She enjoys an independent religious life and is very popular amongst Jains. Padmāvatī is the main deity at Humbaj, the famous tirtha....

    , Jain goddess

Given name

Padmāvatī is a common name among Hindu ladies, especially those hailing from South India.
  • Rani Padmini
    Rani Padmini
    Rani Padmini was the queen of Chittor and the wife of King Rawal Ratan Singh. She features in Padmavat, an epic poem written by Malik Muhammad Jayasi in 1540.- Jauhar :...

    , also known as Padmavati, the queen of Chittor and the wife of 14th century King Rawal Ratan Singh, celebrated in Padmavat
  • Dr. S. I. Padmavati
    S. I. Padmavati
    Dr. Sivaramakrishna Iyer Padmavati commonly known as S. I. Padmavati or S. Padmavati is an eminent Indian cardiologist. She is director of the National Heart Institute, Delhi and the founder president of the All India Heart Foundation...

    , Indian cardiologist, Padma Vibhushan

Fictional characters

  • Padmāvatī, the name of an important character in Bhasa
    Bhasa
    Bhāsa is one of the earliest and most celebrated Indian playwrights in Sanskrit. However, very little is known about him.Kālidāsa in the introduction to his first play Malavikagnimitram writes -...

    's immortal Swapna Vāsavadattam (one of 13 classical Sanskrit works rediscovered in the archives of an ancient Kerala temple in 1912 AD)
  • Padmāvatī, the name of the heroine in the eponymous Bengali novel written by Alaol
    Alaol
    Alaol was a medieval poet in Bengal. He is thought to be born around 1607 in Faridpur in the present-day Bangladesh. His most well known work is Padmavati, which depicts the story of Padmavati, the Sinhala princess and the queen of Chittor. There is an important literary prize named after him in...

     in the 17th century AD

Others

  • Padmavat
    Padmavat
    Padmavat or Padmawat is an epic poem written in 1540 by Malik Muhammad Jayasi in the Awadhi language. It is the first important work in Awadhi.- Theme :...

    , a celebrated ballad written in the Awadhi dialect of Hindi by Malik Muhammad Jayasi, a 16th century Indian Sufi poet, about Rani Padmini
  • Padmâvatî (opera)
    Padmâvatî (opera)
    Padmâvatî is an opera in two acts by the French composer Albert Roussel. The libretto, by Louis Laloy, is based on Théodore-Marie Pavie's La légende de Padmanî, reine de Tchitor, which retells the legend recounted in Malik Muhammad Jayasi's poem Padmavat . It was first performed at the Paris Opéra...

    , the title of an opera by French composer Albert Roussel

See also

  • Sri Padmavati Mahila Visvavidyalayam
    Sri Padmavati Mahila Visvavidyalayam
    Sri Padmavati Mahila Visvavidyalayam is a women's university in Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh, India. It was established as a state University by the Andhra Pradesh legislature in 1983, named after the goddess Sri Padmavati, the consort of Lord Venkateswara...

    , a university in Tirupati named after the Hindu goddess
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