[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975) › c8.1619 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c8.1619 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c8.1619 - **Language:** English ### [c8.1619](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.1619) P PA. A garden. (Agni Purāṇa, Chapter 348). PADAPĀTHA. An ancient system of studying the Vedas. (See under Ghanapāṭha). PADĀRTHA. See under Pañcabhūta. PADĀTI. One of the eight sons of Janamejaya, a King of Kuruvaṃśa. The others are Dhṛtarāṣṭra, Pāṇḍu, Bālhika, Niṣadha, Jāmbūnada, Kuṇḍodara and Vasāti. (The Pāṇḍu and Dhṛtarāṣṭra mentioned here are not the fathers of Kauravapāṇḍavas.). PADMA I. A serpent born to sage Kaśyapa of his wife Kadrū. (Śloka 10, Chapter 35, Ādi Parva). PADMA II. A King. This King shines in the court of Yama. (Śloka 39, Chapter 10, Sabhā Parva). PADMA III. A soldier of Subrahmaṇya. (Chapter 45, Śalya Parva). PADMA IV. A nidhi (treasure). This nidhi belongs to Kubera. (Śloka 39, Chapter 10, Sabhā Parva). Śaṅkhanidhi, Padmanidhi and a Puṣpakavimāna were presented to Kubera by Brahmā. (Uttara Rāmāyaṇa). PADMĀKARA. A Character in the story in Śiva Purāṇa describing the greatness of a Śivayogin. (See Ṛṣabha). PADMAKETANA. One of the children of Garuḍa. (Chapter 101, Udyoga Parva). PADMAKŪṬA. The palace where Suprabhā wife of Śrī Kṛṣṇa used to reside. (Dākṣiṇātya Pāṭha, Chapter 38, Sabhā Parva). PADMANĀBHA I. One of the hundred sons of Dhṛtarāṣṭra. (See under Kauravas). PADMANĀBHA II. A serpent. This serpent resides on the shores of the river Gomatī which flows through Naimiṣāraṇya. This serpent once went to Bhīṣma and talked to him about Dharma. (Chapter 355, Śānti Parva). PADMAPURĀṆA. One of the eighteen Purāṇas. (See under Purāṇas). PADMARĀGA. See under Navaratna. - [Previous: c8.1618](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.1618) - [Next: c8.1620](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.1620) - [Up: c8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8) ## Cites (3) - [Agnipurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.agni.348) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Mahābhārata](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Vālmīkirāmāyaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.ramayana.valmiki) — Vālmīki, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.1619](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.1619) · Pramāṇa