Lotuses in culture

cross-legged sitting meditation pose

Mahayana sutra

thumb|Odysseus removing his men from the company of the lotus-eaters

seed of plants in the genus Nelumbo, particularly the species Nelumbo nucifera

Chinese dessert ingredient

beverage made by infusing leaves, flowers, roots of lotus

labour-intensive textile

Artifact found in the tomb of Tutankhamun

In Asian art a lotus throne is a stylized lotus flower used as the seat or base for a figure

Chinese shoes for women with bound feet