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  • noun Plural form of lotus.

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Examples

  • Because most symbols involved with Buddha-figures, such as lotuses and gems, are mainly free of associations for the majority of Westerners, they are open to carry their intended meanings and thus more suitable for use in tantra practice.

    4 Buddha-Figures 2009

  • Because most symbols involved with Buddha-figures, such as lotuses and gems, are mainly free of associations for the majority of Westerners, they are open to carry their intended meanings and thus more suitable for use in tantra practice.

    Making Sense of Tantra ��� 4 Buddha-Figures 2002

  • Outside this symbolic world and up till it reaches the strip of encircling earth is an offering grounds, brimming with innumerable offering items such as lotuses, vases and so forth.

    Abbreviated Kalachakra Mind Mandala Sadhana sDe-khri 'Jam-dbyangs thub-bstan nyi-ma 1985

  • Outside this symbolic world and up till it reaches the strip of encircling earth is an offering grounds, brimming with innumerable offering items such as lotuses, vases and so forth.

    Abbreviated Kalachakra Mind Mandala Sadhana sDe-khri 'Jam-dbyangs thub-bstan nyi-ma 1985

  • If not, you may be the reincarnation of the Indian goddess Shri, a deity whose breasts were described by the god Vishnu as“blooming lotuses.”

    Your Dream Advisor Con Chapman 2011

  • Hundreds of Sinhalese sit in a two-story room in meditative positions, softly chanting and offering up mountains of pink lotuses, purple waterlilies, and white jasmines in front of the gilded casket that holds the tooth.

    Buddha’s Savage Peace 2009

  • Hundreds of Sinhalese sit in a two-story room in meditative positions, softly chanting and offering up mountains of pink lotuses, purple waterlilies, and white jasmines in front of the gilded casket that holds the tooth.

    Buddha’s Savage Peace 2009

  • Hundreds of Sinhalese sit in a two-story room in meditative positions, softly chanting and offering up mountains of pink lotuses, purple waterlilies, and white jasmines in front of the gilded casket that holds the tooth.

    Buddha’s Savage Peace 2009

  • That is to say, while they were bumping avatars and doing weird pre-virtual sex meditation on giant floating lotuses, their real-life partners thought they were just playing some game.

    OWN's Life 2.0 Documentary Is First-Rate 2011

  • The pellucid sky; the round earth; the magical clearing; the circle of seekers seated cross-legged, tailor fashion, or in half- or full lotuses as their joints permitted.

    THE BOYS FROM SANTA CRUZ Jonathan Nasaw 2010

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