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padume

paduma

nt acc pl of paduma (noun); nt loc sg of paduma (noun); masc acc pl of paduma (noun); masc loc sg of paduma (noun); …

1. lotus; (specifically) pink lotus; (comm) lotus with more than one hundred petals; (or) white lotus
2. (comm) part of the Avīci hell where one must stay a paduma-count in duration; lit. pink lotus
3. 10¹¹⁹ (20 puṇḍarīka = 1 paduma)
4. lotus leaf
5. name of a privately awakened Buddha; lit. lotus
6. flower
7. name of the 17th previous Buddha; lit. lotus

Etymology. Sanskrit padma

Meanings from the Digital Pāḷi Dictionary; morphology and etymology by Claude.

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