Padma (disambiguation)

The Padma is a major river in Bangladesh.

Padma may also refer to:

Common meanings

 * Padma (attribute), the lotus, a symbolic flower repeatedly referred to in Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism
 * Padma, another name of Lakshmi, the consort of the Hindu god Vishnu
 * Padma, the consort of Kalki, a future avatar of Vishnu in Hindu eschatology
 * Padma, in the Indian numbering system equal to one quadrillion (1015)
 * Padmaprabha, 6th Jain Tirthankara
 * Padmasambhava, a Buddhist scholar

Places

 * Padma, Hazaribagh (community development block), in Jharkhand, India
 * Padma, Hazaribagh, in Jharkhand, India

Notable people

 * Padma (politician) (born 1945), Indian politician
 * Padma Choling (born 1952), Chairman of the Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR), China
 * Padma Desai (born 1932), Indian-American development economist
 * Padma Gole (1913–1998), Marathi poet from Maharashtra
 * Padma Khanna (born 1949), popular actress of Bollywood and Bhojpuri cinema
 * Padma Lakshmi (born 1970), a host of the reality TV program Top Chef
 * Padma Narsey Lal (born 1951), Fijian ecological economist
 * Padma Sachdev (1940–2021), Indian writer, novelist in Dogri
 * Padma Kant Shukla (1950–2013), Indian physicist
 * Padma Talwalkar (born 1948), Indian classical vocalist
 * Padma Viswanathan (born 1968), Canadian playwright

Arts, entertainment, and media

 * Padma Patil, a fictional character from the Harry Potter books
 * Padma Purana, a Hindu religious text, one of the major eighteen Puranas
 * Padma, a fictional character played by Jaya Ahsan in the Indian films Bishorjan (2017) and Bijoya (2019)