Padmishtha, Padmiṣṭhā: 4 definitions
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Padmishtha means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
The Sanskrit term Padmiṣṭhā can be transliterated into English as Padmistha or Padmishtha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Kavya (poetry)
Source: Wisdom Library: KathāsaritsāgaraPadmiṣṭhā (पद्मिष्ठा) is the daughter of Padmagarbha and Śaśikalā from Sughoṣa, according to the Kathāsaritsāgara, chapter 73. Accordingly, as Padmiṣṭhā said to Śrīdarśana: “... and the Brāhman [Padmagarbha] had two children by that wife, a son of the name of Mukharaka, and myself, a daughter of the name of Padmiṣṭhā. My brother Mukharaka was ruined by the vice of gambling in early youth, and left his home and went off to some other country”.
The Kathāsaritsāgara (‘ocean of streams of story’), mentioning Padmiṣṭhā, is a famous Sanskrit epic story revolving around prince Naravāhanadatta and his quest to become the emperor of the vidyādharas (celestial beings). The work is said to have been an adaptation of Guṇāḍhya’s Bṛhatkathā consisting of 100,000 verses, which in turn is part of a larger work containing 700,000 verses.
Kavya (काव्य, kavya) refers to Sanskrit poetry, a popular ancient Indian tradition of literature. There have been many Sanskrit poets over the ages, hailing from ancient India and beyond. This topic includes mahakavya, or ‘epic poetry’ and natya, or ‘dramatic poetry’.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryPadmiṣṭhā (पद्मिष्ठा):—[from padma] f. Name of a woman, [Kathāsaritsāgara]
[Sanskrit to German]
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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Full-text: Padmagarbha, Shashikala, Subhuti, Sughosha, Anangasena, Vasubhuti, Padmasena.
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Kathasaritsagara (the Ocean of Story) (by Somadeva)
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