పద్మిని

Telugu

Etymology

Sanskrit पद्मिनी (padminī, “a lotus, a multitude of lotuses or a lotus-pond”)

Noun

పద్మిని • (padmini) f (plural పద్మినులు)

A lovely woman, like a Penclope or an Eve. The Hindu poets divide all beautiful women into four classes called (1) హస్తిని, (2) శంఖిని, (3) చిత్రిణి and (4) పద్మిని; which answer to Juno, Flora, Venus and Minerva, respectively:

Proper noun

పద్మిని • (padmini) f

a female given name

Derived terms

పద్మినీవల్లభుడు (padminīvallabhuḍu)

References

"పద్మ" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 707

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