lotus-feet

On display are lotus-feet shoes used for foot binding — once considered erotic — as well as heavy brass coils worn around the neck by some Thai and Burmese tribeswomen, who sought to push down their shoulders and ribs and create a long-necked look.

Asian Beauty: Beyond Skin Deep 2007

May the lotus-feet of Avalokiteshvara, Tenzin-gyatso,

An Offering Ceremony to the Spiritual Masters Pan-chen Blo-bzang chos-kyi rgyal-mtshan 2001

Holders of the Vajras, we prostrate at your lotus-feet.

An Offering Ceremony to the Spiritual Masters Pan-chen Blo-bzang chos-kyi rgyal-mtshan 2001

I bow at your lotus-feet, O my jewel-like teacher,

A Full Integrated Practice for Six Sessions Pan-chen Blo-bzang chos-kyi rgyal-mtshan 1985

I prostrate at your lotus-feet, O Possessor of the Diamond-Strong,

An Abbreviated Integrating Practice in Six Sessions Blo-bzang bstan-'dzin dNgul-chu rJe-drung 1985

He entered the temple and bowed before the goddess whose eighteen arms had killed the horrible demons, whose lotus-feet were set upon a giant that she had crushed.

Twenty-Two Goblins Arthur William Ryder 1907