lotus-flower

Sandal-wood or Tagara, a lotus-flower, or a Vassiki, among these sorts of perfumes, the perfume of virtue is unsurpassed.

The Dhammapada 2003

Upon the other wall you will see the lotus-flower, which opens at the rising of the sun and closes at its setting; the enigmatic double-headed ducklings and the picture of a gazelle, which is doubtless the representation of the pet which, bound in mummy trappings, was found beside its royal mistress in the tomb.

The Hawk of Egypt Joan Conquest

He will, while dying, see a golden lotus-flower, like the disk of the sun, appearing before his eyes; in a moment he will be born in the world of highest happiness.

Buddhism and Buddhists in China Lewis Hodus

Remember, as I loved that Indian maiden with a passion which death has not chilled, so I loathe my rival with a hatred infinite and all-consuming; for, somehow, I know that demon crushed out the life of my fragile lotus-flower.

The Darrow Enigma Melvin Linwood Severy

On men, as thou thy rain-jets on the lotus-flower.

Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works Kalidasa

He stands upon a lotus-flower, and about his feet there lies a pile of pebbles, to which pile each wayfarer adds a fresh pebble.

Peeps at Many Lands: Japan John Finnemore

If thou be born in the poor man's hovel, yet have wisdom, then wilt thou be like the lotus-flower growing out of the mire.

The Essence of Buddhism Various

To pick the water-chestnut and the lotus-flower with a quick, light hand!

Fir-Flower Tablets: Poems Translated From the Chinese 1921

"O God, the gem emerging from the lotus-flower." ...

The Profits of Religion, Fifth Edition Upton Sinclair 1923

The lotus-flower pedestal was three or four feet above the ground; the Buddha was about six feet high.

Diaries of Court Ladies of Old Japan b. 974? Murasaki Shikibu Izumi Shikibu 1920