Padmāvatī may refer to:
Deities
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Lakshmi
Lakshmi (; , sometimes spelled Laxmi, ), also known as Shri (, ), is one of the principal goddesses in Hinduism. She is the goddess of wealth, fortune, power, beauty, fertility and prosperity, and associated with ''Maya'' ("Illusion"). Alo ...
, the Hindu goddess of fortune
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Alamelu
Padmavati (, ) also known as Alamelu Manga is a Devi, Hindu goddess and the consort of the deity Venkateswara, a form of Vishnu. She is described as a daughter of local king and an avatar of goddess Lakshmi, the consort of Vishnu.
The most ...
, or Padmāvatī, a Hindu goddess and consort of Sri Venkateshwara of Tirupati
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Manasa
Manasa () is a Hindu goddess of snakes. She is worshipped mainly in Bihar, Bengal, Jharkhand, Lower Assam and other parts of northeastern India and in Uttarakhand, chiefly for the prevention and cure of snakebite, and also for fertility and p ...
, a Hindu serpent goddess
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Padmavati (Jainism)
Padmāvatī is the protective goddess or śāsana devī (शासनदेवी) of Pārśvanātha, the twenty-third Jain tīrthāṅkara, complimenting Parshwa yaksha in Swetambara and Dharanendra in digambar the shasan deva. She is a yak ...
, a Jain attendant goddess (Yakshini)
* Padmavati, consort of
Ugrasena and mother of
Kamsa
* Padmavati, a regional wife of
Karna
Karna (Sanskrit: कर्ण, IAST: ''Karṇa''), also known as Vasusena, Anga-raja, and Radheya, is one of the main protagonists of the Hindu epic '' Mahābhārata''. He is the son of the sun god Surya and princess Kunti (mother of the ...
Arts and media
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Padmavat
''Padmavat'' (or ''Padmawat'') is an epic poem written in 1540 by Sufi poet Malik Muhammad Jayasi, who wrote it in the Hindustani language of Awadhi, and originally in the Persian Nastaʿlīq script. It is the oldest extant text among the imp ...
'', a 1540 epic ballad written in the Awadhi dialect of Hindi
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''Padmavati'' (poem), a 1648 epic ballad written in the Bengali language
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Padmaavat
''Padmaavat'' is a 2018 Indian period romantic action drama film directed by Sanjay Leela Bhansali. Based on the epic poem of the same name by Malik Muhammad Jayasi, it stars Deepika Padukone as Rani Padmavati, a Rajput queen known for ...
'', formerly titled ''Padmavati'', a 2018 Indian film
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''Padmâvatî'' (opera), by French composer Albert Roussel
* Padmāvatī, in Bhasa's ''
Svapnavasavadattam
''Svapnavasavadattam'' ( sa, स्वप्नवासवदत्तम्, ) (English: ''The dream of Vasavadatta'') is a Sanskrit play in six acts written by the ancient Indian poet Bhāsa.
The plot of the drama is drawn from the romantic ...
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People
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Padmavati (wife of Ashoka), (North Indian tradition), Ashoka's third wife and Kunala's mother
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Rani Padmini
Padmini, also known as Padmavati, was a 13th–14th century Rani (queen) of the Mewar kingdom of present-day India. Several medieval texts mention her, although these versions are disparate and many modern historians question the extent of o ...
, also known as Padmavati, a legendary queen of Chittor and wife of the ruler Ratan Singh, celebrated in the ''Padmavat''
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S. I. Padmavati
Sivaramakrishna Iyer Padmavati (20 June 191729 August 2020) was an Indian cardiologist. She was director of the National Heart Institute, Delhi, and the founder president of the All India Heart Foundation. The institute collaborates with the Worl ...
(born 1917), Indian cardiologist and recipient of the Padma Vibhushan
Other uses
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Padmavati Pawaya
Padmavati, identified with modern Pawaya in Madhya Pradesh, was an ancient Indian city mentioned in several classic Sanskrit texts, Malatimadhavam of Bhavabhuti, Harshacharita of Bana, and Sarasvatīkaṇṭhabharaṇa of Raja Bhoja. Bhavabhu ...
, an ancient city mentioned in Sanskrit classics and inscriptions
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Sri Padmavati Mahila Visvavidyalayam
Sri Padmavati Mahila Visvavidyalayam (Sri Padmavati University) is a women's university in Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh, India. It was established as a state university by the Andhra Pradesh legislature in 1983 to provide Higher Education in general ...
, a university in Tirupati named after the Hindu goddess
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Nagas of Padmavati
The Naga ( IAST: Nāga) dynasty ruled parts of north-central India during the 3rd and the 4th centuries, after the decline of the Kushan Empire and before the rise of the Gupta Empire. Its capital was located at Padmavati, which is identified w ...
, a dynasty which ruled in ancient Padmavati
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