As a deity name
Name 663 of the Narasimha Sahasranāma — Brahmanda Purana / Narasimha Purana, as taught by Sages to Assembly of Devotees
Name 853 of the Shiva Sahasranāma — Mahabharata (Anushasana Parva), as taught by Sage Tandi to Sage Upamanyu
Name 168 of the Surya Sahasranāma — Bhavishya Purana, as taught by Lord Brahma / Sages
Name 348 of the Vishnu Sahasranāma — Mahabharata (Anushasana Parva), as taught by Bhishma to Yudhishthira on his deathbed
As a Hindi name
पद्मगर्भ · noun
सं॰ · कमल का भीतरी भाग · ब्रह्मा — Śabdasāgara
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
the interior or calyx of a l˚
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Dictionary citations
padma—garbha m. the interior or calyx of a l˚, Kāvyād. ii, 41
‘sprung from a l˚ or containing lotuses’, N. of Brahmā, RPrāt. (Introd.)
of Viṣṇu, Hariv.
of Śiva, Śivag.
of the sun, L.
Alternative readings
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