lotos
Americannoun
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If she was not like Rama, fair as the jasmine, or the moon, or the fibres of the lotos, neither had she, like Krishna, the complexion of a cloud.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 110, December, 1866 A Magazine of Literature, Science, Art, and Politics by Various
A gray stone Buddha on his lotos pedestal, or the long graceful lines of a standing Jizo, only served to emphasize the uniformity.
From The Dragon Painter by Fenollosa, Mary McNeil
His complexion is blue, his eyes are like the flowers of the lotos, and his visage burns with an eternal youth.
From Heathen Mythology by Various
Must I not guard myself against the funeral song of the land of the lotos flowers, against the Indian barcarolle of Nirvana?
From Withered Leaves. Vol. II. (of III) A Novel by Gottschall, Rudolf von
I came to the conclusion that I had found my way into a forgotten corner of the world, where the lotos flowers still blossomed, and the sooner I was out of it the better.
From A Lost Leader by Oppenheim, E. Phillips (Edward Phillips)
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