Padmavati
Padmavati (Sanskrit पद्मावती padmāvatī "born lotus") means:
in Indian mythology:
- other name of the goddess Alamelu identified with the goddess Lakshmi
- a wife of Yudhisthira in the epic Mahabharata
- in legend the wife of the poet Jayadeva
- Padmavati (Jainism) , a goddess of Jainism
People:
- Rani Padmavati (* approx. 280 BC), wife of the Maurya emperor Ashoka and mother of the heir to the throne Kunala
- Rani Padmini or Padmavati († 1304), Queen of Chittorgarh, wife of Rawal Ratan Singh
- SI Padmavati (* 1917), Indian cardiologist
Also:
- Padmavati (city) , city of ancient Indian appearing in several classic Sanskrit texts, identified with the current site of Pawaya south of Gwalior in Madhya Pradesh
- Padmâvatî (opera) , an opera by Albert Roussel (1914–1918)
