Padma

Japanese: padma
Padma

…Assam is one of the world's rainiest regions, and as a result, the river is 2km wide in the rainy season and its course changes rapidly, making it like an inland sea during floods. Around the western end of the Garo Hills, it enters Bangladesh, and flows south for about 240km through the low-lying alluvial plains to join the Ganga at Goalund, where it becomes the Padma. From the confluence with the Tista to Goalund, the river is called the Jamuna. …

From 【Lotus】

…Lotus seeds are a tonic medicine that is used in combination with other herbal medicines to treat chronic diarrhea, heart disease, etc. [Nitta Aya]
[Symbolism and Folklore]

[India]
The lotus is called padma in Sanskrit, which is a general term for kamala (red lotus), puṇḍarīka (white lotus), nīlotpala (blue water lily), kumuda (night-flowering white water lily or yellow water lily). It is also called "that which is born from water" or "that which is born from mud".

*Some of the terminology that mentions "padma" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…アッサムは世界有数の多雨地帯であり,そのため雨季には2kmの川幅となり流路の変遷がめまぐるしく,氾濫時にはあたかも内海のようである。ガロ丘陵西端をめぐるとバングラデシュ領となり,低平な沖積平野を約240km南流してゴアルンドでガンガー川に合し,パドマPadma川となる。なお,ティスタ川合流点からゴアルンドまではジャムナJamuna川と呼ばれる。…

【ハス(蓮)】より

…蓮子は滋養強壮薬で,他の生薬と配合して慢性の下痢,心臓病などに応用する。【新田 あや】
【象徴と民俗】

[インド]
 ハスはサンスクリットではパドマpadmaと呼ばれ,この語はカマラkamala(紅いハス),プンダリーカpuṇḍarīka(白いハス),ニーロートパラnīlotpala(青いスイレン),クムダkumuda(夜開花性の白いスイレンあるいは黄色のヒツジグサ)などの総称である。〈水より生じたもの〉〈泥より生じたもの〉などの異名もある。…

※「padma」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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