padminI 1 The lotus plant; suragaja iva biBrat padminIM daMtalagnAM Ku. 3. 76 ; R. 16. 68 ; Me. 83 ; M. 2. 13. 2 An assemblage of lotus flowers. 3 A pond or lake abounding in lotuses. 4 The fibrous stalk of a lotus. 5 A female elephant. 6 A woman of the first of the four classes into which writers on erotical science divide women; the ratimaMjarI thus defines her: — Bavati kamalanetrA nAsikAkzudraraMDrA aviralakucayugmA cArukeSI kfSAMgI . mfduvacanasuSIlA gItavAdyAnuraktA sakalatanusuveSA padminI padmagaMDA .. . Comp. — ISaH, -kAMtaH, -vallaBaH the sun. — KaMqaM, -zaMqaM a multitude of lotuses; a place abounding in lotuses.