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པད་མ། | Glossary of Terms
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པད་མ།
- པད་མོ།
- པདྨ།
- པདྨོ།
- pad ma
- pad+ma
- pad mo
- pad+mo
- padma
- nalinī
- Term
Publications: 10
Translation by Gareth Sparham
- lotus
- པད་མ།
- pad ma
- padma
Translation by Peter Alan Roberts
- lotus
- པད་མོ།
- པདྨོ།
- པད་མ།
- པདྨ།
- pad mo
- pad+mo
- pad ma
- pad+ma
- nalinī
- padma
See “red lotus.”
Translation by Peter Alan Roberts
- lotus
- པད་མ།
- pad ma
- padma
Nelumbo nucifera. True lotus with a central pericarp. The Indian or sacred lotus.
Translation by Peter Alan Roberts
- lotus
- པད་མ།
- pad ma
- padma
Translation by Celso Wilkinson · Laura Goetz · L.S. Summer
- lotus
- པད་མོ།
- pad mo
- padma
Sixtieth of the eighty designs on the palms and soles of the Tathāgata.
Translation by Wiesiek Mical
- lotus
- པདྨ།
- pad+ma
- padma
The lotus flower or plant; metaphorically, the female genital organ.
Translation by Wiesiek Mical
- lotus
- པདྨ།
- pad+ma
- padma
The lotus flower or plant; euphemistic name for the female genital organ.
Translation by Gyurme Dorje
- day lotus
- པད་མ།
- pad ma
- padma
Translation by Klaus-Dieter Mathes · Julika Weber · Katrin Querl · Konstantin Brockhausen · Susanne Fleischmann · Daniel Gratzer · Georgi Krastev · Jamie Gordon Creek
- pink lotus
- པད་མ།
- pad ma
- padma
Translation by Peter Alan Roberts
- red lotus
- པད་མོ།
- པདྨོ།
- པད་མ།
- པདྨ།
- pad mo
- pad+mo
- pad ma
- pad+ma
- nalinī
- padma
Nelumbo nucifera. The true lotus that has a central pericarp, while the “night lotus” and the “blue lotus” are actually lilies. Padma or nalinī refers to the red variety of the lotus, while the white lotus is called puṇḍarīka.