Padmavati

The proper noun Padmāvatī may refer to any of the following:

* Padmāvatī, Hindu goddess and consort of Sri Venkateshwara of Tirupati

* Another name for the Hindu serpent goddess Manasa

* Padmavati (Jainism), Jain goddess

* An obscure principality in Central India of that name in ancient India, known for having been overrun in the 4th century AD by Samudragupta of the Gupta empire

Padmāvatī is a common name among Hindu ladies, especially those hailing from south India. As such, the name is widely found in literature also, for instance:

* Padmāvatī, the name of an important character in Bhasa's immortal "Swapna Vāsavadattam" (one of 13 classical sanskrit works rediscovered in the archives of an ancient Kerala temple in 1912 AD)

* Padmāvatī, the name of the heroine in the eponymous Bengali novel written by Alaol in the 17th century AD

* "The Padmāvat", a celebrated ballad written in the Awadhi dialect of Hindi by Malik Muhammed Jayasi, a 16th century Indian sufi poet

* "Padmâvatî", the title of an opera by French composer Albert Roussel

See also:

* Sri Padmavati Mahila Visvavidyalayam, a university in Tirupati named after the Hindu goddess