Padma (disambiguation)

Padma may refer to:

Common meanings

 * Padma (attribute), the lotus, a symbolic flower repeatedly referred to in Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism
 * Padma, in the Indian numbering system equal to one quadrillion (1015)
 * Padmasambhava, a Buddhist scholar

Places

 * Padma, Hazaribagh (community development block), in Jharkhand, India
 * Padma, Hazaribagh, in Jharkhand, India
 * Padma River, a river of Bangladesh

Notable people

 * Padma (politician) (b. 1945), Indian politician
 * Padma Choling (b. 1952), Chairman of the Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR), China
 * Padma Desai (b. 1932), Indian-American development economist
 * Padma Gole (1913–1998), Marathi poet from Maharashtra
 * Padma Khanna (b. 1949), popular actress of Bollywood and Bhojpuri cinema
 * Padma Lakshmi (b. 1970), a host of the reality TV program Top Chef
 * Padma Narsey Lal (born 1951), Fijian ecological economist
 * Padma Sachdev (b. 1940), Indian writer, novelist in Dogri
 * Padma Kant Shukla (1950–2013), Indian physicist
 * Padma Talwalkar (b. 1948), Indian classical vocalist
 * Padma Viswanathan (b. 1968), Canadian playwright

Arts, entertainment, and media

 * Padma Patil, a fictional character from the Harry Potter books
 * Padma Purana, a Hindu religious text, one of the major eighteen Puranas