The Padma is a major river in Bangladesh.
Padma may also refer to:
Common meanings edit
- Padma (attribute), the lotus, a symbolic flower repeatedly referred to in Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism
- Padma, in the Indian numbering system equal to one quadrillion (1015)
- Padmaprabha, 6th Jain Tirthankara
- Padmasambhava, a Buddhist scholar
Places edit
- Padma, Hazaribagh (community development block), in Jharkhand, India
- Padma, Hazaribagh, in Jharkhand, India
Notable people edit
- 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 edit
- Padma Patil, a fictional character from the Harry Potter books
- Padma Purana, a Hindu religious text, one of the major eighteen Puranas
- Padma, a character in the 2024 Indian sci-fi film Kalki 2898 AD, portrayed by Deepika Padukone
See also edit
- All pages with titles beginning with Padma
- All pages with titles containing Padma
- Padme (disambiguation)
- Mahapadma (disambiguation)
- Padmavyooham (disambiguation)
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