Padmini, Padminī: 18 definitions
Introduction:
Padmini means something in Buddhism, Pali, Hinduism, Sanskrit, Jainism, Prakrit, Marathi, Hindi. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
In Hinduism
Natyashastra (theatrics and dramaturgy)
Source: Wisdom Library: Nāṭya-śāstraPadminī (पद्मिनी) refers to a type of syllabic metre (vṛtta), according to the Nāṭyaśāstra chapter 16. In this metre, the second, the fifth, the eighth and the eleventh syllables of a foot (pāda) are light (laghu), while the rest of the syllables are heavy (guru). It is also known by the name Sragviṇī.
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Padminī falls in the Jagatī class of chandas (rhythm-type), which implies that verses constructed with this metre have four pādas (‘foot’ or ‘quarter-verse’) containing twelve syllables each.
Natyashastra (नाट्यशास्त्र, nāṭyaśāstra) refers to both the ancient Indian tradition (shastra) of performing arts, (natya—theatrics, drama, dance, music), as well as the name of a Sanskrit work dealing with these subjects. It also teaches the rules for composing Dramatic plays (nataka), construction and performance of Theater, and Poetic works (kavya).
Chandas (prosody, study of Sanskrit metres)
Source: Shodhganga: a concise history of Sanskrit Chanda literaturePadminī (पद्मिनी) is the name of a Sanskrit metre (chandas) defined by Bharata, to which Hemacandra (1088-1173 C.E.) assigned the alternative name of Sragviṇī in his auto-commentary on the second chapter of the Chandonuśāsana. Hemacandra gives these alternative names for the metres by other authorities (like Bharata), even though the number of gaṇas or letters do not differ.
Source: Journal of the University of Bombay Volume V: Apabhramsa metres (2)Padminī (पद्मिनी) is the name of a catuṣpadi metre (as popularly employed by the Apabhraṃśa bards), as discussed in books such as the Chandonuśāsana, Kavidarpaṇa, Vṛttajātisamuccaya and Svayambhūchandas.—Padminī has 15 mātrās in each of its four lines, divided into the groups of 4, 4, 5, [S] mātrās.—Ānandita (made up of 4, 4, 4 and [IS] mātrās) is almost identical with the Pāraṇaka, though Padminī is slightly different from it.
Chandas (छन्दस्) refers to Sanskrit prosody and represents one of the six Vedangas (auxiliary disciplines belonging to the study of the Vedas). The science of prosody (chandas-shastra) focusses on the study of the poetic meters such as the commonly known twenty-six metres mentioned by Pingalas.
Shaivism (Shaiva philosophy)
Source: academia.edu: Yakṣiṇī-sādhana in the Kakṣapuṭa tantraPadmiṇī (पद्मिणी) is the name of one of the thirty-six Yakṣiṇīs mentioned in the Uḍḍāmareśvaratantra. In the yakṣiṇī-sādhana, the Yakṣiṇī is regarded as the guardian spirit who provides worldly benefits to the practitioner. The Yakṣiṇī (e.g., Padmiṇī) provides, inter alia, daily food, clothing and money, tells the future, and bestows a long life, but she seldom becomes a partner in sexual practices.
Shaiva (शैव, śaiva) or Shaivism (śaivism) represents a tradition of Hinduism worshiping Shiva as the supreme being. Closely related to Shaktism, Shaiva literature includes a range of scriptures, including Tantras, while the root of this tradition may be traced back to the ancient Vedas.
Ayurveda (science of life)
Source: archive.org: Vagbhata’s Ashtanga Hridaya Samhita (first 5 chapters)Padminī (पद्मिनी) refers to “water-lily”, mentioned in verse 3.41 of the Aṣṭāṅgahṛdayasaṃhitā (Sūtrasthāna) by Vāgbhaṭa.—Accordingly, “from him whose mind is at ease, (who is) moist with sandal [...]—(and) [...] beautiful women (who), possessed of lotus-fibre bracelets (and) radiant with full-blown lotuses, (are) like moving water-lilies [viz., padminī]: (these) take away the weariness”.
Note: Padminī (“water-lily”) has been metaphrased by padma-can, the affix can, corresponding to ०inī.
Source: academia.edu: Tessitori Collection I (ayurveda)Padminī (पद्मिनी) refers to one of the four categories of ladies, according to the Kokaśāstra, which was rendered in Hindi by Ānanda Kavi as the Kokasāra (dealing with Poetics and Erotics), which is included in the collection of manuscripts at the ‘Vincenzo Joppi’ library, collected by Luigi Pio Tessitori during his visit to Rajasthan between 1914 and 1919.—The Kokasāra is a hindi rewriting of the Kokaśāstra, a famous Sanskrit work of the Kāmaśāstra tradition which is characterized, in particular, by the division of ladies in four categories related to their body-marks, namely padminī, citraṇī, śaṅkhanī and hastinī, with which the work starts.
Āyurveda (आयुर्वेद, ayurveda) is a branch of Indian science dealing with medicine, herbalism, taxology, anatomy, surgery, alchemy and related topics. Traditional practice of Āyurveda in ancient India dates back to at least the first millenium BC. Literature is commonly written in Sanskrit using various poetic metres.
Shaktism (Shakta philosophy)
Source: Google Books: ManthanabhairavatantramPadminī (पद्मिनी) refers to a “lotus”, according to the Ṣaṭsāhasrasaṃhitā, an expansion of the Kubjikāmatatantra: the earliest popular and most authoritative Tantra of the Kubjikā cult.—Accordingly, “(Kāmarūpa) is the Neuter (absolute) within the qualities. It has emerged as the pervasion (of consciousness) and, in front of the middle seat, is located on the peak in front. (Pleasing and delicate) like a lotus petal [i.e., padminī-dala-saṃkāśa], it is radiant (with energy) and grey in colour. It shakes with mighty and fierce currents (of energy) engaged in striking against (it) and rocking (it) all around as it dries up (the entire) universe. The all-pervasive Lord of Kula resides within (this), the maṇḍala of six spokes. There is nothing devoid of that within the sphere of emanation and withdrawal”.
Shakta (शाक्त, śākta) or Shaktism (śāktism) represents a tradition of Hinduism where the Goddess (Devi) is revered and worshipped. Shakta literature includes a range of scriptures, including various Agamas and Tantras, although its roots may be traced back to the Vedas.
In Buddhism
Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)
Source: academia.edu: The Structure and Meanings of the Heruka MaṇḍalaPadminī (पद्मिनी) is the name of a Ḍākinī who, together with the Vīra (hero) named Padmaka forms one of the 36 pairs situated in the Jñānacakra, according to the 10th century Ḍākārṇava chapter 15. Accordingly, the jñānacakra refers to one of the three divisions of the saṃbhoga-puṭa (‘enjoyment layer’), situated in the Herukamaṇḍala. The 36 pairs of Ḍākinīs [viz., Padminī] and Vīras are white in color; the shapes of their faces are in accordance with their names; they have four arms; they hold a skull bowl, a skull staff, a small drum, and a knife.
Source: MDPI Books: The Ocean of HeroesPadminī (पद्मिनी) by Ratnarakṣita is the name of a commentary on the Saṃvarodayatantra, which was probably composed in Nepal after the compilation of the Kālacakra in India.—The Saṃvarodaya was translated into Tibetan (D 373/P 20) by Gzhan la phan pa mtha’ yas (Indian) and Rgyus ban de smon lam grags (Tibetan). Their translation was finalized by Gzhon nu dpal (late 14th–15th century), who used Vanaratna’s (mid-14th to mid-15th century) Sanskrit manuscript of this scripture. Ratnarakṣita, who composed the Padminī commentary on the Saṃvarodaya, was active around 1200 CE. After the downfall of Vikramaśīla in the beginning of the 13th century, Ratnarakṣita came to Nepal (Lewis 1996, p. 156).
Source: Wisdom Experience: The Nyingma School of Tibetan BuddhismPadminī (पद्मिनी) refers to one of the four classes of Ḍākinīs (Tibetan: rigs-bzhi mkha’-’gro-ma), according to the Guhyagarbhatattvaviniścayamahātantra and its XIVth Century Tibetan Commentary: Phyogs-bcu munsel (pp. 961-7 and n. 14)..—In this context, the term may refer to ḍākinīs of the four peripheral enlightened families, i.e. the Jewel, Lotus, Action, and Buddha or Vajra families; or to ḍākinīs belonging to four of the six classes, i.e. Padminī, Śaṅkhinī, Mṛginī, Hastinī, Varṇinī and Citriṇī.
Tibetan Buddhism includes schools such as Nyingma, Kadampa, Kagyu and Gelug. Their primary canon of literature is divided in two broad categories: The Kangyur, which consists of Buddha’s words, and the Tengyur, which includes commentaries from various sources. Esotericism and tantra techniques (vajrayāna) are collected indepently.
In Jainism
General definition (in Jainism)
Source: archive.org: TrisastisalakapurusacaritraPadminī (पद्मिनी) is the name of an ancient city, according to the Jain Ramayana and chapter 7.5 [The kidnapping of Sītā] of Hemacandra’s 11th century Triṣaṣṭiśalākāpuruṣacaritra: an ancient Sanskrit epic poem narrating the history and legends of sixty-three illustrious persons in Jainism.—Accordingly, as Kulabhūṣaṇa related to Rāma: “There was a king, Vijayaparvata, in the town Padminī. He had a messenger, Amṛtasvara, and the messenger had a wife, Upayogā, and two sons, Udita and Mudita. There was a friend of the messenger, a Brāhman, Vasubhūti; and Upayogā was in love with him and wished to kill Amṛtasvara. [...]”.
Jainism is an Indian religion of Dharma whose doctrine revolves around harmlessness (ahimsa) towards every living being. The two major branches (Digambara and Svetambara) of Jainism stimulate self-control (or, shramana, ‘self-reliance’) and spiritual development through a path of peace for the soul to progess to the ultimate goal.
Languages of India and abroad
Marathi-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionarypadminī (पद्मिनी).—f (S) pop. padmīṇa f A woman of one of the four classes into which the sex is distinguished, viz. of the first and most excellent. Pr. napuṃsakā- cyā hātīṃ padmīṇa. 2 A lotus, Nelumbium speciosum.
Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-Englishpadminī (पद्मिनी).—f pop. padmīṇa f A woman of the first and most excellent of four. The classes into which the sex is distin- guished. Pr. A lotus, Nelumbium speciosum.
Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryPadminī (पद्मिनी).—
1) The lotus plant; पद्मिनी नक्तमुन्निद्रा (padminī naktamunnidrā) Kāv.4.45; सुरगज इव बिभ्रत् पद्मिनीं दन्तलग्नाम् (suragaja iva bibhrat padminīṃ dantalagnām) Kumārasambhava 3.76; R.16.68; Meghadūta 83; M.2.13; निरास भृङ्गं कुपितेव पद्मिनी (nirāsa bhṛṅgaṃ kupiteva padminī) Bhaṭṭikāvya 2.6.
2) An assemblage of lotus flowers.
3) A pond or lake abounding in lotuses; पुष्पैश्चान्यैः परिक्षिप्तं पद्मिन्या च सपद्मया (puṣpaiścānyaiḥ parikṣiptaṃ padminyā ca sapadmayā) Rām.3.1.6; क्षीणतोयानिलार्काभ्यां हतत्विडिव पद्मिनी । बभूव पाण्डवी सेना तव पुत्रस्य तेजसा (kṣīṇatoyānilārkābhyāṃ hatatviḍiva padminī | babhūva pāṇḍavī senā tava putrasya tejasā) || Mahābhārata (Bombay) 7.153.2.
4) The fibrous stalk of a lotus.
5) A female elephant.
6) A woman of the first of the four classes into which writers on erotical science divide women; the रतिमञ्जरी (ratimañjarī) thus defines her:-भवति कमलनेत्रा नासिकाक्षुद्ररन्ध्रा अविरलकुच- युग्मा चारुकेशी कृशाङ्गी । मृदुवचनसुशीला गीतवाद्यानुरक्ता सकलतनु- सुवेशा पद्मिनी पद्मगन्धा (bhavati kamalanetrā nāsikākṣudrarandhrā aviralakuca- yugmā cārukeśī kṛśāṅgī | mṛduvacanasuśīlā gītavādyānuraktā sakalatanu- suveśā padminī padmagandhā) ||
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Padminī (पद्मिनी):—[from padmin > padma] a f. See next.
2) [v.s. ...] b f. (of [preceding]) Nelumbium Speciosum, a lotus (the whole plant ifc. (nīka) mfn.; cf. abjinī, nalinī etc.)
3) [v.s. ...] a multitude of lotuses or a lotus-pond, [Mahābhārata; Kāvya literature] etc. (cf. [gana] puṣkarādi)
4) [v.s. ...] a l°-stalk, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
5) [v.s. ...] a female elephant, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
6) [v.s. ...] a [particular] magical art, [Mārkaṇḍeya-purāṇa]
7) [v.s. ...] an excellent woman, a woman belonging to the first of the 4 classes into which the sex is divided, [Religious Thought and Life in India 389]
8) [v.s. ...] Name of sub voce women, [Siṃhāsana-dvātriṃśikā or vikramāditya-caritra, jaina recension]
Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
Hindi dictionary
Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionaryPadminī (पद्मिनी):—(nf) an exceptionally charming woman (the first of the kinds specified by ancient Indian sexologists); a lotus.
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Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusPadmini (ಪದ್ಮಿನಿ):—
1) [noun] any of the lotus plants.
2) [noun] its flower.
3) [noun] a multitude of lotus flowers.
4) [noun] a pond abounding with lotus plants.
5) [noun] a class of woman, as per Indian erotica, whose body odour resembles that of a lotus flower.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Nepali dictionary
Source: unoes: Nepali-English DictionaryPadminī (पद्मिनी):—n. 1. Bot. the lotus plant; 2. an assemblage of lotus flower; 3. a pond or lake abounding in lotuses; 4. Mythol. an epithet of Laxmi; 5. a woman of the first of the four classes into which writers on erotical science divide women;
Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with: Padminiballabha, Padminidala, Padminika, Padminikanta, Padminikantaka, Padminikhanda, Padminipattra, Padminiputa, Padminisha, Padminishanda, Padminivallabha, Patmini.
Ends with: Bhupadmini, Kakupadmini, Patmini, Sthalapadmini.
Full-text (+55): Padminikhanda, Padminikanta, Sthalapadmini, Padminivallabha, Bisanabhi, Padminikantaka, Padminishanda, Sthalejata, Padmin, Padumini, Shankhini, Padminipattra, Citrini, Padminiballabha, Aravimdagamdhi, Hastini, Padminisha, Caturvidhajati, Patumini, Sragvini.
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Sahitya-kaumudi by Baladeva Vidyabhushana (by Gaurapada Dāsa)
Text 4.99 < [Chapter 4 - First-rate Poetry]
Text 4.98 < [Chapter 4 - First-rate Poetry]
Text 10.109 < [Chapter 10 - Ornaments of Meaning]
The Skanda Purana (by G. V. Tagare)
Chapter 4 - Nārada Approaches Padmāvatī < [Section 1 - Veṅkaṭācala-māhātmya]
Chapter 7 - Preparations for the Marriage of Padmālayā (Padmāvatī) < [Section 1 - Veṅkaṭācala-māhātmya]
Garga Samhita (English) (by Danavir Goswami)
Verse 5.4.5 < [Chapter 4 - The Journey to Śrī Mathurā]
Verse 5.19.23 < [Chapter 19 - The Festival on Śrī Kṛṣṇa Return]
Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu (by Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī)
Verse 2.2.12 < [Part 2 - Ecstatic Expressions (anubhāva)]
The Use of Myth in Karnad’s Hayavadana < [October – December, 1994]
Who’s Who Among Our Contributors < [July – September, 2001]
Tears < [July – September, 2001]
The Markandeya Purana (by Frederick Eden Pargiter)