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
- Padmāvatī, Jain goddess
- An obscure principality 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 is 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 is the name of the heroine in the eponymous Bengali novel written by Alaol in the 17th century AD
- "The Padmāvat" is a celebrated ballad written in the Awadhi dialect of Hindi by Malik Muhammed Jayasi, a 16th century Indian sufi poet
See also:
- Sri Padmavati Mahila Visvavidyalayam, a university in Tirupati named after the Hindu goddess
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