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Padma

Hindu mythology

Also known as: Kamala

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incarnation of Lakshmi

In Lakshmi
…lotus and was known as Padma, or Kamala, both of which mean “Lotus”; when he was the ax-wielding Parashurama, the destroyer of the warrior class, she was his wife Dharani; when he was King Rama, she was his queen Sita. In the most widely received account of Lakshmi’s birth, she…
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