Padmavati
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The proper noun Padmāvatī may refer to any of the following:
- Padmāvatī, Hindu goddess and consort of Sri Venkateshwara of Tirupati
- Another name for the Hindu serpent goddess Manasa
- Padmavati (Jainism), Jain goddess
- An obscure principality in Central India of that name in ancient India, known for having been overrun in the 4th century AD by Samudragupta of the Gupta empire
Padmāvatī is a common name among Hindu ladies, especially those hailing from south India. As such, the name is widely found in literature also, for instance:
- Padmāvatī, the name of an important character in Bhasa'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 in the 17th century AD
- The Padmāvat, a celebrated ballad written in the Awadhi dialect of Hindi by Malik Muhammed Jayasi, a 16th century Indian sufi poet
- Padmâvatî, the title of an opera by French composer Albert Roussel
See also:
- Sri Padmavati Mahila Visvavidyalayam, a university in Tirupati named after the Hindu goddess