పద్మిని

Telugu

Noun

పద్మిని • (padmini) f (plural పద్మినులు)

  1. A lovely woman, like a Penclope or an Eve. The Hindu poets divide all beautiful women into four classes called (1) హస్తిని, (2) శంఖిని, (3) చిత్రిణి and (4) పద్మిని; which answer to Juno, Flora, Venus and Minerva, respectively:

Proper noun

పద్మిని • (padmini) f

  1. A female given name

Derived terms
  • పద్మినీవల్లభుడు (padminīvallabhuḍu)

References
  • “పద్మ” in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 707
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