The Indian Buddhist Iconography, Mainly Based on the Sadhanamala and Other Cognate Tantric Texts of Rituals c25.63
The Indian Buddhist Iconography, Mainly Based on the Sādhanamālā and Other Cognate Tāntric Texts of Rituals c25.63
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Padma, lotus, which may be of any colour except blue. The blue lotus is designated by the word Utpala or Nīlotpala. In Tāntric works the Padma is the day lotus, while Utpala stands for the night lotus. It is regarded as especially sacred by all classes of Indians. See Getty : GNB, p. 192. When the lotus shows petals in both the upper and lower directions it is called the Viśvapadma or the double lotus. Padma indicates purity of descent.