Entry № 7903 · Sanskrit origin

Padmapani Padmapani — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ PAHD-mah-PAH-nee /

Gender

Girl

Origin

Sanskrit

Meaning

"Lotus-hand / Avalokiteshvara"

Syllables

First recorded

Ancient

The meaning

A name that means "lotus-hand / avalokiteshvara".

Padmapani is from the Sanskrit Padmapāṇi.

Lotus-hand / Avalokiteshvara — a Sanskrit name.

In its original form

The name in its native script.

पद्मपाणि

Transliteration: Padmapāṇi
Pronunciation: / ˌpɑːd.mɑːˈpɑː.ni /
Root: —
Grammatical form: —

Popularity

Where Padmapani stands.

Padmapani does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Namesakes

Padmapanis before her.

Real people

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In fiction

Padmapani Avalokiteshvara Mahayana / Ajanta Cave 1 5th c. Gupta / Manjushri Vajrapani 3 family protectors / Chinese Guanyin Japanese Kannon

Sanskrit lotus-in-hand + padma lotus + pāṇi hand + Padmapāṇi Avalokiteśvara Bodhisattva-of-Compassion Mahayana + Ajanta Cave 1 Padmapani-mural 5th c. Gupta-period + Avalokiteśvara save-all-beings + Mañjuśrī Wisdom + Vajrapāṇi Power three-family-protectors + Chinese Guanyin + Japanese Kannon

Mahayana Padmapani

Names connected to Padmapani.

Numerology

The number behind Padmapani.

The Communicator

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Padmapani reduce to 3, The Communicator. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.