sacred lotus

noun

1. Indian lotus.

Word History and Origins

Origin of sacred lotus¹

First recorded in 1865–70

Example Sentences

Avenues of magnificent trees led up to squares with giant trees enclosing them, terraces, and ponds covered with the sacred lotus.

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We knew that the flowers represented here, were a species of the extinct sacred Lotus.

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The capitals represent the full-blown flowers and the buds of the sacred lotus, or water-lily.

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Their tresses have not been deposited under the shadow of the sacred lotus, as Pliny tells us those of the Vestals were.

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On one arm of the Virgin is the Child, and in the hand of the other arm she carries the sacred lotus.

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