Padma
Padma (lotus) is a personified weapon, depicted as male. The sex of the personified weapon is determined by the gender of the weapon in the Sanskrit language. The suffix "purusha" (man) is added to masculine weapons.
↻ synthesized from 5 sources
When
- First attested
- 0 CE
- Attested period
- 0 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Depicted in sculpture starting from the Gupta era.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Ankusha, Pasha, Trisula, vajra, Khadga, Danda, Bana, Bhindi, Riddhi, Manibhadra, Bhadra, Varna-kavi, nāgakanya, Kādraveya, Krodhavaśa, Kṛṣṇagautama, Nahuṣa, Nīlotpalā, Niṣṭhānaka, Nagapooshani, Pāṇḍarameghā, Patta, Piṇḍaka, Piṇḍāraka, Piñjara, Piṭharaka, Prabhākara, Pulindā, Puṇḍarīka, Purāṇanāga, Pūrṇabhadra, Pūraṇakarṇa, Puṣpadaṃṣṭra, Prithvisundari, Shurpanakha, Shara, Shakti, Ayudhapurusha, Heti, Gada, Kaumodaki, Dhanus, Dhanushya, Chakra, Sudarshana Chakra, Manigriva, Mayuraja, Nalakubara, Minakshi, Virūpākṣa, Pannagas, Nanda, Nila, Nāgarāja, Piṅgala, Vali, Lakshmana
- serves
- Kubera
- allied with
- Hanuman, Vibhishana, Sugriva
- consort of
- Sita
- enemy of
- Ravana
- manifests as
- Rama
- child of
- Dasharatha
Mentioned by
- Shara
- Shakti
- Ayudhapurusha
- Heti
- Gada
- Kaumodaki
- Dhanus
- Dhanushya
- Chakra
- Sudarshana Chakra
- Manigriva
- Mayuraja
- Nalakubara
- Minakshi
- Virūpākṣa
- Pannagas
and 7 more
Sources
Source passages
“Chakra, especially Vishnu's Sudarshana Chakra (discus of Vishnu), Shankha ("conch"), Padma (lotus), Ankusha (elephant goad), Pasha (noose), Trisula (trident), vajra (thunderbolt), Khadga (sword), Danda (a sceptre or club), Bana/Shara ("arrow") and Bhindi (sling) are depicted male.”
#22256 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“as well as Padma and Shankha; personified treasures (nidhi); and Manibhadra, Kubera's chief attendant and chief of his army. Like every world-protector, Kubera has seven seers of the North in residence.”
#23213 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“He had four princes: Padma (Rama), Narayana(Lakshmana), Bharata and Shatrughna...After Lakshmana's death, Rama becomes a monk. He attains Kevala Jnana and subsequently moksha.”
#28892 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“the older versions using the name Padma instead of Rama, while the later Jain texts just use Rama.”
#28970 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“Padma - A Nāga King and guardian of the south ॐ”
#34928 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001