पदम padam

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cch
śśh
ṣṣh
r̥r̥i

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Hindi · n. · m.

Earlier definition

Definition

A lotus-flower and its plant.
A particular high number, ten trillions (according to the Śāstras), or one thousand trillions (according to the Dasturuʼl-ʻamal or royal ordinances of Akbar).

Usual translation

  1. multimillion

Origin of the definition

पद्म padma padm (nm) a lotus-flower and its plant; -पत्र a lotus-leaf; -कोश a lotus-cell; ~नाभि an epithet of Lord Vishṉū (from whose navel the primordial lotus is said to have shot forth. Mythologically, it was this lotus on which ब्रह्मा is supposed to have come into being); -नाल a lotus stalk; ~नेत्र (having) lotus-like eyes.

S پدم पद्म padma, and H. पदम padam, s.m. The lotus-flower, Nelumbium speciosum (often confounded with the water-lily or Nymphæa alba); a lotus-like ornament; a particular mark or mole on the human body; a spot; red or coloured marks on the face and trunk of an elephant; an army arrayed in the form of a lotus; a particular posture of the body in religious meditation; one of the personified treasures of Kuvera; name of a Nāga; a species of fragrant plant; a particular high number, ten billions (according to the Śāstras), or one thousand billions (according to the Dasturuʼl-ʻamal or royal ordinances of Akbar).

Usage in the murlis

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Mamma

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Created
Wednesday 6 May 2020
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