padmāvatī

Dictionary meanings for padmāvatī from Apte and Monier-Williams.

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padmāvatī

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Apte Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1 An epithet of Laksh- mī.

2 N. of a river; Māl. 9. 1.

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Apte Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Identified with the modern Narwār in Mālva as being situated on the river Sind or Sindhu. The other rivers, that are in its vici- nity, are Pārā or Pārvatī, Luṇa, and Madhuvar which correspond to the Pārā, Lavaṇā and Ma- [Page1195-a+ 56] dhumatī, mentioned by Bhavabhūti, as flowing in the vicinity of the town. This town was the scene of Bhavabhūti's Mālati-Mādhava.

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