| Plant name | paṅkaja | | Language | Sanskrit | | Latin name | Nelumbo nucifera Gaertn. - please click to view full record | | Latin name (synonyms) | Nelumbium speciosum Willd., Nelumbium nelumbo Druce, Nymphaea nelumbo L. | | Sanskrit name | padma, paṅkaja | | Prakrit name | padama, pauma, pamha, poma, pomma | | Hindi name | kamal, kaṃval | | Bengali name | padma, sveta padma, kamal | | Tamil name | tāmarai, centāmarai | | Malayalam name | tāmara, veṇtāmara, centāmara | | English name | Lotus, Sacred lotus, Indian lotus, Chinese water-lily | | Search occurrence | padma, paṅkaja, in the Pandanus database of Sanskrit e-texts | Encyclopedias &
Dictionaries | Monier-Williams: A Sanskrit-English Dictionary (p. 574)
paṅkaja, n. (ifc. f. ā) ”mud-born”, a species of lotus, Nelumbium speciosum (whose flower closes in the evening) MBh. Kāv. &c. (in Kathās. once ā f.); m. N. of Brahmā Cat. (for paṅkaja-ja); mfn. lotus-eyed Jātaka m.; -janman m. ”lotus-born”N. of Brahmā Hariv.; -nayanā f. a lotus-eyed woman Bhām.; -nābha m. ”having a lotus springing from his navel” N. of Vishṇu Ragh. BhP.; -netra mfn. lotus-eyed” (said of Vishṇu) BhP.; -pattra-netra m. having eyes like lotus-leaves MW.; -mālin mfn. wearing a lotus-crown (Vishṇu) BhP.; -lāvam ind. (fr. lū) cutting off like a lotus-flower Bālar.; -vat mfn. furnished with a lotus Nīlak. on MBh.; -jākṣī f. = -ja-nayanā Amar.; -jāṅghri mfn. whose feet are adorned with lotus-flowers (Vishṇu) BhP.; j valī f. N. of a metre Col. (cf. paṅkāvalī); -jāsana-stha mfn. sitting on a lotus-throne (Brahmā) Var.; -jiṅ mfn. furnished with a lotus MBh.; (nī) f. Nelumbium Speciosum (the plant or a group or the flexible stalk of such lotuses), also a lotus-pond (= -nī-saras) Kāv. Pur.
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