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Lotus (religion)

Popular symbol in Hinduism and Buddhism. The flower of the lotus (a type of water lily) conveys the idea of beauty, and symbolizes the means to achieve non-attachment, as it lives in the earth but rises above the water. In Hinduism it has been used to represent the sun, and is associated with mother goddesses as a symbol of fertility. Lakshmi, goddess of wealth and beauty, and Sarasvati, goddess of knowledge and art, are sometimes depicted enthroned on a lotus.

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