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* Lotus feet, the practice of [[foot binding]] in pre-modern China |
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* Lotus, one of the [[Ashtamangala#Lotus|Ashtamangala]], or Eight Auspicious Symbols |
* Lotus, one of the [[Ashtamangala#Lotus|Ashtamangala]], or Eight Auspicious Symbols |
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Revision as of 21:41, 8 February 2009
Look up lotus in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Lotus may refer to:
- Nelumbo, plant genus of true Lotus flowers
- Lotus position, cross-legged sitting posture for meditation
- Lotus Cars, British sports car manufacturer, and former Formula One Team Lotus
Horticulture and botany
- Lotus (plant), plants of various taxa
- Lotus (genus), comprising bird's-foot trefoils and deervetches
- Ziziphus lotus, thorny shrub that may have been the "lotus tree" of Greek mythology
- Lotus effect, self-cleaning property of Nelumbo species
- Nymphaea lotus, the Egyptian white water-lily or tiger lotus
- Nymphaea zenkeri, the red tiger lotus
- Nelumbo nucifera, blue lotus, Indian lotus, sacred lotus, bean of India, or sacred water-lily
- Nelumbo lutea, American lotus
- Nymphaea, the water-lily genus superficially similar to and often confused with Nelumbo lotus
- Nymphaea alba, European white water-lily or white lotus
- Nymphaea caerulea, Egyptian blue lily or sacred blue lily, also called the blue or sacred lotus
- Saussurea laniceps, snow lotus
Asian culture
- Lotus kick, feet sweep in T'ai Chi chi Ch'uan
- Lotus seed, in Chinese medicine
- Lotus Sutra, of the Sublime Dharma
- Nelumbo nucifera, the blue lotus, the sacred lotus or the Indian lotus
- Padma (attribute), the sacred lotus
- Lotus feet, the practice of foot binding in pre-modern China
- Lotus, one of the Ashtamangala, or Eight Auspicious Symbols
- the lady who grew up in Obando, Bulacan
Western culture
- Lotus (album), live album by the band Santana
- Lotus (board game), abstract strategy board game
- Lotus (band), Sixties pop band
- Lotus (guitar), former guitar manufacturer
- Lotus (song), song by R.E.M.
- The Blue Lotus, comic album part of the 1936 series The Adventures of Tintin
- Lotus, album by Italian singer Elisa
- Lotus, song by Minus the Bear
- Lotus (rock band), based in Philadelphia
- Lotus Flow3r, an album by Prince
Corporate and computing
- Lotus Software, previously Lotus Development Corporation, Cambridge, Massachusetts
- Lotus 1-2-3, spreadsheet program
- Lotus Cars, British sports and racing car manufacturer
- Lotus (computer games), a videogame series based on Lotus Cars
- Lotus Notes, enterprise-level electronic messaging
- Lotus Sametime, instant messaging program
- Team Lotus, Formula 1 constructor related to Lotus Cars
- Tesco Lotus, chain of Thai hypermarket stores
- IBM Lotus Connections, social networking program
- IBM Lotus Quickr, enterprise-level team collaboration
Other usage
- Lotus, Florida, area in Brevard County, USA
- S.S.S. Lotus, gaff-rigged schooner
- Lotus case, a precedent-setting case resulting from a collision between the S.S. Lotus and the S.S. Boz-Kourt
- Lotus tree of Greek mythology, into which Lotis was transformed, and which was eaten by the Lotophagi of Homer's Odyssey
- L.O.T.U.S., a Dutch acronym for an organization of casualty simulators
See also
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