Paduma-niraya
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Paduma，（nt．） (cp．Epic Sk．padma，not in RV．) the lotus Nelumbium speciosum．
It is usually mentioned in two varieties，viz．ratta° and seta°，i．e．red and white lotus，so at J．V，37； SnA 125； as ratta° at VvA．191； PvA．157．
The latter seems to be the more prominent variety； but paduma also includes the 3 other colours （blue，yellow，pink?），since it frequently has the designation of pañcavaṇṇa-paduma （the 5 colours however are nowhere specified），e．g．at J．I，222； V，337； VI，341； VvA．41．
It is further classified as satapatta and sahassapatta-p．，viz．lotus with 100 & with 1，000 leaves：VvA．191．
Compared with other species at J．V，37，where 7 kinds are enumd as uppala （blue，red & white），paduma （red & white），kumuda （white） and kallahāra．See further kamala and kuvalaya．-- （1） the lotus or lotus flower M．III，93； S．I，138，204； A．I，145； II，86 sq．； III，26，239； Sn．71，213； J．I，51 （daṇḍa° N．of a plant，cp．Sk．daṇḍotphala），76 （khandha°，latā°，daṇḍaka°，olambaka°）； IV，3； VI，564； Dh．458； Nd1 135； Vv 354 （=puṇḍarīka VvA．161）； 4412 （nānā-paduma-sañchanna）； Pv．II，120 （id．）； II，122 （id．）； Pug．63； Vism．256 （ratta°）； DA．I，219； KhA 53； SnA 97； Sdhp．359．-- （2） N．of a purgatory （°niraya） S．I，151--152； Sn．677； p．126； SnA 475 sq．
--acchara （heavenly） lotus-maiden SnA 469．--uttara N．of Buddha SnA 341，455 etc．--kaṇṇikā a peak in the shape of a lotus VvA．181．--kalāpa a bunch of lotuses VvA．191．--gabbha the calyx of a l．ThA．68 （°vaṇṇa）．--patta a l．leaf Nd1 135 （=pokkhara）； DhA．IV，166 （=pokkhara-patta）．--puñja a l．cluster J．III，55．--puppha a lotus flower Nd2 393； SnA 78．--rāga “lotus hued，” a ruby VvA．276．--vyūha one of the 3 kinds of fighting，viz．p．°； cakka°，sakaṭa° J．II，406= IV．343 （cp．Sk．p．-vyūha-samādhi a kind of concentration，& see J trsln II．275）．--sara a lotus pond J．I，221； V，337； SnA 141．（Page 410）
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