As a deity name
Name 264 of the Durga Sahasranāma — Kula Arnava Tantra / Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati
Name 578 of the Gayatri Sahasranāma — Devi Bhagavata Purana, as taught by Sages
Name 990 of the Lakshmi Sahasranāma — Skanda Purana / Sanat Kumara Samhita, as taught by Sages Sanatkumara and Devotees
As a Hindi name
पद्मिनी · noun · feminine
कमलिनी । छोटा कमल · तालाब या जलाशय जिसमें कमल हो · कोकशास्त्र के अनुसार स्त्रियों की चार जातियों में से सर्वोत्तम जाति । कहते है, इस जाति की स्त्री अत्यंत कोमलांगी, सुशीला, रूपवती और पतिव्रता होती है — Śabdasāgara
पद्मिनी · padminī · s.f.
A lotus, Nelumbium speciosum; a multitude of lotuses, or a lake abounding in them; a particular magical art, witch-craft; a woman of the first and most excellent of the four classes into which the sex is distinguished: (The four classes are, Padminī, Ćītriṇī, Sankhinī, and Hastinī) — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 232
पद्मिनी · feminine
a female given name, Padmini, from Sanskrit
पद्मिनी · feminine
lotus; lotus pond; beautiful woman
a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi पद्मिनी — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Borrowed from Sanskrit पद्मिनी (padminī).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
padminī f. See next.
padminī f. (of prec.) Nelumbium Speciosum, a lotus (the whole plant, ifc. ˚nīka, mfn.; cf. abjinī, nalinī &c.)
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
Nelumbium Speciosum, a lotus (the whole plant, ifc. ˚nīka, cf. abjinī, nalinī &c.)
Scripturally attested Verified derivationWhy this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "padminī" is the feminine form of "padmin" — the same word with the feminine ending (vocative dual).
Dictionary citations
padminī f. See next.
padminī f. (of prec.) Nelumbium Speciosum, a lotus (the whole plant, ifc. ˚nīka, mfn.; cf. abjinī, nalinī &c.)
a multitude of lotuses or a lotus-pond, MBh.; Kāv. &c. (cf. g. puṣkarādi)
a l˚-stalk, L.
a female elephant, L.
padmin mfn. spotted (as an elephant), MBh.
possessing lotuses, L.
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