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Definition of Sacred lotus
1. Noun. Native to eastern Asia; widely cultivated for its large pink or white flowers.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sacred Lotus
Literary usage of Sacred lotus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. East and West: Being Papers Reprinted from the "Daily Telegraph" and Other by Edwin Arnold (1896)
"... the starry water-lily, and the large red sacred lotus. lilies are Padma, the
sacred lotus of India, from which, according to Sanskrit scriptures, ..."
2. Cyclopedia of American Horticulture: Comprising Suggestions for Cultivation by Liberty Hyde Bailey, Wilhelm Miller (1901)
"With these facts, and the additional one that, except as referred to above,
Nelumbo never appears in Egyptian carvings, the identity of the sacred lotus ..."
3. The Ruling Races of Prehistoric Times in India, Southwestern Asia, and by James Francis Katherinus Hewitt (1894)
"It is this rain which gives to the sacred lotus the seed, the germ of life on
earth, and it is the maker of the rain, the heavenly seed, which is the divine ..."
4. A Legacy of Historical Gleanings by Catharina Van Rensselaer Bonney (1875)
"There is also a pond covered with the leaves and flowers of a species of the
water lily, the sacred lotus ; the slender stem five feet in length upholds a ..."
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