A Concise Encyclopaedia of Hinduism
author: Swami Harshananda
edition: 2008, Ramakrishna Math
pages: 2084
ISBN-13: 9788179070574
Topic: Hinduism
Encyclopaedia of Hinduism - Padma
This page describes Padma which is located on page 460 of the second volume in the book: A Concise Encyclopaedia of Hinduism by Swami Harshananda. This book, known as “a concise encyclopaedia of hinduism”, includes a vast amount of topics covering general aspects on Hinduism, but also contains important aspects regarding Buddhism, Jainism and Sikhism This page contains an online preview of the full text and summarizes technical terms, as well as information if you want to buy this book.
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Garga Samhita (English) [by Danavir Goswami]
Sanskrit text, transliteration and word-by-word meaning: पवित्रा चाप्य् अजा पद्मा इन्दिरा च ततः परम् पाशाङ्कुशा रमा चैव ततः पश्चात् प्रबोधिनी pavitra capy aja padma indira ca tatah param pashankusha rama caiva tatah pashcat prabodhini pavitra—pavitra; ca—and; api—also; aja—aja; padma—padma; indira—indira; ca—and; tatah—then; param—then; pashankusha—pasankusa; rama—rama; ca—and; eva—indeed; tatah—then; pashcat—after; prabodhini—prabodhini. English translation of verse 4. 8. 16: . . . 18....
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Manusmriti with the Commentary of Medhatithi [by Ganganatha Jha]
‘Padma;’—though this term is synonymous with ‘Shri’ (a name of the Goddess of Fortune, yet in the present text it has been used in the sense of greatness; t he sense being that the King bestows large wealth....
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The Vishnu Purana [by Horace Hayman Wilson]
The Padma Purana. 2. Padma Purana. “That which contains an account of the period when the world was a golden lotus (padma), and of all the occurrences of that time, is therefore called the Padma by the wise: it contains fifty-five thousand stanzas.” The second Purana in the usual lists is always the Padma, a very voluminous work, containing, according to its own statement, as well as that of other authorities, fifty-five thousand slokas; an amount not far from the truth....
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