Padmanabhi, Padmanābhi, Padma-nabhi: 6 definitions
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryPadmanābhi (पद्मनाभि).—an epithet of Viṣṇu; शान्ताकारं भुजगशयनं पद्मनाभं सुरेशम् (śāntākāraṃ bhujagaśayanaṃ padmanābhaṃ sureśam).
Derivable forms: padmanābhiḥ (पद्मनाभिः).
Padmanābhi is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms padma and nābhi (नाभि). See also (synonyms): padmanābha.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryPadmanābhi (पद्मनाभि).—m.
(-bhiḥ) Vishnu is thus termed, because the lotus, containing Bramha, sent to create the world, sprang from his navel.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryPadmanābhi (पद्मनाभि):—[=padma-nābhi] [from padma] m. Name of Viṣṇu, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.] (cf. -nābhu).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryPadmanābhi (पद्मनाभि):—[padma-nābhi] (bhiḥ) 2. m. Vishnu.
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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
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Partial matches: Padma, Nabhi.
Full-text: Padmanabha.
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