Padmavati

Padmāvatī may refer to:

Ancient city

• Padmavati_Pawaya the celebrated ancient city mentioned in Sanskrit classics and inscriptions.

Deity

• Alamelu, aka Padmāvatī, Hindu goddess and consort of Sri Venkateshwara of Tirupati.
• Another name for the Hindu serpent goddess Manasa.
• Padmavati (Jainism), Jain attendant goddess (Yakshini).

Given name

Padmāvatī is a common name among Hindu ladies, especially those hailing from South India.

• Rani Padmavati, a chief concubine of Emperor Ashoka The Great and the mother of his second son and heir presumptive, Kunala.
• Rani Padmini, also known as Padmavati, the queen of Chittor and the wife of 14th century King Rawal Ratan Singh, celebrated in Padmavat.
• Dr. S. I. Padmavati, Indian cardiologist, Padma Vibhushan.

Fictional characters

• Padmāvatī, the name of an important character in Bhasa's immortal Swapna Vāsavadattam (one of 13 classical Sanskrit works rediscovered in the archives of an ancient Kerala temple in 1912 AD).
• Padmāvatī, the name of the heroine in the eponymous Bengali novel written by Alaol in the 17th century AD.

Others

• Padmavat, a celebrated ballad written in the Awadhi dialect of Hindi by Malik Muhammad Jayasi, a 16th-century Indian Sufi poet, about Rani Padmini.
• Padmâvatî (opera), the title of an opera by French composer Albert Roussel.

See also

• Sri Padmavati Mahila Visvavidyalayam, a university in Tirupati named after the Hindu goddess.