Indian Art: A History of Indian Art from the Earliest Times up to the Third Century A.D. c13.s3.3

c13.s3.3

"O Gautama ! It is called Padmavaravedikā since on its several parts (*dese dese*), in several places (*tahiṃ tahiṃ*), on the rails, on the stairway balustrades, on rail planks, in between two rails on the uprights, on their sides, on their copings, in between two pillars, on crossbars, in between crossbar sockets, on sides of crossbars, on the spaces between two cross-bars, on the wings, on the side balustrades, on the corner pillars, on spaces of the side pillars, were carved many kinds of lotus designs, viz. *utpala* (blue lotus), *padma* (red lotus), *kumuda* (lily), *subhaga*, *saugandhika*, *puṇḍarīka* (white lotus), *mahāpuṇḍarīka*, *śatapatra* and *sahasrapatra*...And it is for this reason, O Gautama, that the place is called *padmavaravedikā*."¹