The Patils

[Catlady (Rita Prince Winston)]

No: HPFGUIDX 29661

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., butagirl at a... wrote:
> Does anyone have any theories whether these names came from JKR's 
> knowledge of Hinduism, or merely from girls she once knew?

I suspect that the names don't come from any knowledge of Hinduism 
that JKR might have, because Parvati is (as you said) a Shaivaya 
name and I believe that Padma is a Vishnava name (I hope I got those 
words right: worshippers of Shiva and worshippers of Vishnu) AND a 
lot of people have told me that all the people they know named Patil 
(Patel) are Muslims.