padminī

[apte] 1 The lotus plant; suraga- ja iva bibhrat padminīṃ daṃtalagnāṃ 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 class- es into which writers on erotical science divide women; the ratimaṃjarī thus defines her: --bhavati kamalanetrā nā- sikākṣudraraṃdhrā...