Padmavati Explained

Padmāvatī may refer to:

Deities

• Lakshmi, the Hindu goddess of fortune
• Padmavathi, or Alamelu Manga, a Hindu goddess and consort of Venkateswara, a form of Vishnu
• Manasa, a Hindu serpent goddess
• Padmavati (Jainism), a Jain attendant goddess (Yakshini)
• Padmavati, consort of Ugrasena and mother of Kamsa
• Padmavati, a regional wife of Karna

Arts and media

• Padmavat, a 1540 epic ballad written in the Awadhi dialect of Hindi
• Padmavati (poem), a 1648 epic ballad written in the Bengali language
• Padmaavat, formerly titled Padmavati, a 2018 Indian film
  • Padmaavat (soundtrack)
• Padmâvatî (opera), by French composer Albert Roussel
• Padmāvatī, in Bhasa's Svapnavasavadattam

People

• Padmavati (wife of Ashoka), (North Indian tradition), Ashoka's third wife and Kunala's mother
• Rani Padmini, also known as Padmavati, a legendary queen of Chittor and wife of the ruler Ratan Singh, celebrated in the Padmavat
• S. I. Padmavati (born 1917), Indian cardiologist and recipient of the Padma Vibhushan

Other uses

• Padmavati Pawaya, an ancient city mentioned in Sanskrit classics and inscriptions
• Sri Padmavati Mahila Visvavidyalayam, a university in Tirupati named after the Hindu goddess

See also

• Nagas of Padmavati, a dynasty which ruled in ancient Padmavati