The Patils

[butagirl at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 29651

If this has already been covered, please forgive me.

Just out of interest, I looked up the meanings of the Patil twins' names. 
While Padma has the lovely Hindi name of "lotus", poor Parvati's name means 
"mountainous". Sounds like she got the raw deal there.

It is, however, likely that Parvati was named after Lord Shiva's consort, who 
was also named Parvati. Does anyone have any theories whether these names 
came from JKR's knowledge of Hinduism, or merely from girls she once knew?

Sharon Brindle