Lotus

• Nelumbo
  Nelumbo
  
  Nelumbo is a genus of aquatic plants with large, showy, water lily-like flowers commonly known as lotus or sacred lotus. The generic name is derived from the Sinhalese language word Nelum....
  , plant genus of true Lotus flowers
• Lotus position
  Lotus position
  
  The lotus position is a cross-legged sitting posture originating in meditative practices of ancient India, in which the feet are placed on the opposing thighs....
  , cross-legged sitting posture for meditation
• Lotus Cars
  Lotus Cars
  
  File:Final assembly.jpgLotus Cars is a United Kingdom manufacturer of sports car and race car automobiles based at Hethel, Norfolk, England. The company designs and builds race and production automobiles of light weight and high Car handling characteristics....
  , British sports car manufacturer, and former Formula One Team Lotus

Horticulture and botany

• Lotus (plant)
  Lotus (plant)
  
  Lotus identifies various plant taxa:* Nelumbo , an aquatic genus with large flowers** Nymphaea , a similar and related genus* Lotus , a terrestrial genus with small flowers...
  , plants of various taxa
• Lotus (genus)
  Lotus (genus)
  
  Lotus is a genus that includes bird's-foot trefoils and deervetches and contains many dozens of species distributed world-wide. Depending on the taxonomic authority, roughly between 70 and 150 are accepted....
  , comprising bird's-foot trefoils and deervetches
• Ziziphus lotus
  Ziziphus lotus
  
  Ziziphus lotus is a deciduous shrub in the buckthorn Family Rhamnaceae, native to the Mediterranean region. It can reach a height of 2-5 m, with shiny green leaves about 5 cm long....
  , thorny shrub that may have been the "lotus tree" of Greek mythology
• Lotus effect
  Lotus effect
  
  The Lotus effect refers to the very high water repellency exhibited by the leaves of the lotus flower .Dirt particles are picked up by water droplets due to a complex micro- and nanoscopic architecture of the surface which enables minimization of adhesion....
  , self-cleaning property of Nelumbo species
• Nymphaea lotus
  Nymphaea lotus
  
  Nymphaea lotus, the Tiger Lotus or Egyptian White Water-lily, is a flowering plant of the family Nymphaeaceae that grows in various parts of East Africa and Southeast Asia....
  , the Egyptian white water-lily or tiger lotus
• Nymphaea zenkeri, the red tiger lotus
• Nelumbo nucifera
  Nelumbo nucifera
  
  Nelumbo nucifera, known by a number of names including Indian lotus, sacred lotus, bean of India, or simply lotus. Botanically, Nelumbo nucifera may also be referred to by its Synonym , Nelumbium speciosum or Nymphaea nelumbo. This plant is an aquatic perennial....
  , blue lotus, Indian lotus, sacred lotus, bean of India, or sacred water-lily
• Nelumbo lutea
  Nelumbo lutea
  
  Nelumbo lutea, the American Lotus, also known as Yellow Lotus or Water-chinquapin, is a flowering plant of the order Proteales....
  , American lotus
• Nymphaea
  Nymphaea
  
  Nymphaea is a genus of aquatic plants in the family Nymphaeaceae. There are about 50 species in the genus, which has a cosmopolitan distribution....
  , the water-lily genus superficially similar to and often confused with Nelumbo lotus
• Nymphaea alba
  Nymphaea alba
  
  Nymphaea alba, also known as the European White Waterlily, White Lotus, or Nenuphar, is an aquatic flowering plant of the family Nymphaeaceae....
  , European white water-lily or white lotus
• Nymphaea caerulea
  Nymphaea caerulea
  
  Nymphaea caerulea, also known as the Egyptian blue lily or sacred blue lily, is a blue Nymphaeaceae in the genus Nymphaea that grows along the Nile, amongst other locations ....
  , Egyptian blue lily or sacred blue lily, also called the blue or sacred lotus
• Saussurea laniceps
  Saussurea laniceps
  
  Saussurea laniceps is a rare plant found only in the Himalaya and southwest China above about 3500 m altitude. It is reputed to have medicinal properties according to traditional Chinese medicine....
  , snow lotus

Asian culture

• Lotus kick
  Lotus kick
  
  The lotus kick is also known as jump outside, outside spinkick, Wai Xuan Feng Tui, or Teng kong bai lian. This is a very popular jump in Wushu kung fu martial arts....
  , feet sweep in T'ai Chi chi Ch'uan
• Lotus seed
  Lotus seed
  
  Lotus seeds or Lotus nuts are the seeds of plants in the genus Nelumbo, particularly the species Nelumbo nucifera. The seeds are of great importance to East Asian cuisine and are used extensively in traditional Chinese medicine and in Chinese cuisine....
  , in Chinese medicine
• Lotus Sutra
  Lotus Sutra
  
  The Lotus Sutra or Sutra on the White Sacred lotus of the Sublime Dharma is one of the most popular and influential Mahayana sutras in Asia and the basis on which the Tien Tai and Nichiren Buddhism sects of Buddhism were established....
  , of the Sublime Dharma
• Nelumbo nucifera
  Nelumbo nucifera
  
  Nelumbo nucifera, known by a number of names including Indian lotus, sacred lotus, bean of India, or simply lotus. Botanically, Nelumbo nucifera may also be referred to by its Synonym , Nelumbium speciosum or Nymphaea nelumbo. This plant is an aquatic perennial....
  , the blue lotus, the sacred lotus or the Indian lotus
• Padma (attribute), the sacred lotus
• Lotus feet, the practice of foot binding
  Foot binding
  
  Foot binding was a custom practiced on young girls and women for approximately one thousand years in China, beginning in the 10th century and ending in the early 20th century....
   in pre-modern China
• Lotus, one of the Ashtamangala
  Ashtamangala
  
  Ashtamangala are a sacred suite of Eight Auspicious Signs endemic to a number of Indian religions. The symbols or 'symbolic attributes' are yidam and teaching tools....
  , or Eight Auspicious Symbols

Western culture

• Lotus (album)
  Lotus (album)
  
  Lotus is a 1974 live album by Carlos Santana. It was originally released as a triple vinyl LP and has seen CD releases as a double CD as well as triple CD ....
  , live album by the band Santana
• Lotus (board game)
  Lotus (board game)
  
  Lotus is a board game for two to four players developed by Dominique Teller and published by Ravensburger. The object of the game is to move one's pieces off the board before the other players....
  , abstract strategy board game
• Lotus (band)
  Lotus (band)
  
  The Lotus was a popular English pop/rock band in Hong Kong in the 1960s. The most notable member was Samuel Hui....
  , Sixties pop band
• Lotus (guitar)
  Lotus (guitar)
  
  Lotus was a brand name of guitars usedfrom the late 1970s until the late 1990s. Lotus guitars were usually copies of other brand name guitars, such as the Gibson Les Paul and the Fender Stratocaster....
  , former guitar manufacturer
• Lotus (song)
  Lotus (song)
  
  "Lotus" is a song by R.E.M., released as the second single from their eleventh studio album Up .The song's recurring line "I ate the lotus" appeared in an alternate form in a previous R.E.M....
  , song by R.E.M.
• The Blue Lotus
  The Blue Lotus
  
  The Blue Lotus , first published in 1936, is one of The Adventures of Tintin, a series of classic comic-strip albums written and illustrated by Herg? featuring young reporter Tintin and Snowy as a hero....
  , comic album part of the 1936 series The Adventures of Tintin
• Lotus
  Lotus (Elisa album)
  
  Lotus is the fourth studio album by Elisa , released in 2003 . Initially idealized as a live album , Lotus became a mix between studio album , a greatest hits album and a cover album ....
  , album by Italian singer Elisa
  ELISA
  
  Enzyme-Linked ImmunoSorbent Assay, also called ELISA, Enzyme ImmunoAssay or EIA, is a biochemistry technique used mainly in immunology to detect the presence of an antibody or an antigen in a sample....
  
• Lotus, song by Minus the Bear
  Minus the Bear
  
  Minus the Bear is an indie rock band from Seattle, Washington. The band features current and former members of Botch , Killsadie, and Sharks Keep Moving....
  
• Lotus (rock band)
  Lotus (rock band)
  
  Lotus is a five piece instrumental rock band....
  , based in Philadelphia
• Lotus Flow3r, an album by Prince

• Lotus, Florida
  Lotus, Florida
  
  Lotus is a former town in Brevard County, Florida, United States. It is home to Honeymoon Hill, the highest point on the mainland peninsula, Merritt Island....
  , area in Brevard County, USA
• S.S.S. Lotus
  S.s.s. Lotus
  
  The S.S.S. Lotus is a gaff rigged schooner operated and maintained by Sea Scout Ship 303 of Webster, New York....
  , 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
  Lotus tree
  
  The lotus tree is a plant that occurs in two stories from Greek mythology:* In Homer's Odyssey, the lotus bore a fruit that caused a pleasant drowsiness and was the only food of an island people called the Lotophagi or Lotus-eaters....
   of Greek mythology, into which Lotis was transformed, and which was eaten by the Lotophagi of Homer's Odyssey
• L.O.T.U.S.
  L.o.t.u.s.
  
  L.O.T.U.S. is a Netherlands acronym for Landelijke Opleiding Tot Uitbeelden Slachtoffers. Translated into English it basically means the Dutch national organisation for people who portray casualties....
  , a Dutch acronym for an organization of casualty simulators

See also

• Black lotus
  Black Lotus
  
  Black lotus may refer to:* Power Nine#Black Lotus, a card in the original Limited Edition of the collectible card game Magic: The Gathering known as a member of the Power Nine....