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Kamala
1. INTRODUCTION
Hindu goddess Lakshmi holding & standing on a lotus.
From ancient times the lotus has been a divine symbol in
Asian traditions representing the virtues of sexual purity
and non-attachment.
Acc to Hindus the divinities Vishnu and Lakshmi often
portrayed on a pink lotus in iconography. In the
representation of Vishnu as Padmanabha (Lotus navel), a
lotus issues from his navel with Brahma on it. Goddess
Sarasvati is portrayed on a white-colored lotus.
2. In Hindu iconography, other deities, like Ganga and
Ganesha are often depicted with lotus flowers as their
seats.
In Sanskrit the word lotus (padma पद्म) has many
synonyms. Since the lotus thrives in water, ja (denoting
birth) is added to synonyms of water to derive some
synonyms for the lotus, like ambuja (ambu= water +
ja=born of), neeraj (neera=water + ja= born of), pankaj,
pankaja
3. Vernacular Names
San Kamala
Hin
Ben
Kamala
Padma
Mar Kamala
Guj Kamala
Tam
Mal
Kan
Eng
LAT
Tamare
Tamara
Kamala
Sacred lotus
Nelambo nucifera
4. Synonyms
Kamala
Mahotphala
Aravinda
It decorates or enriches water
Grown in water
Circular leaves
Tamarasa Very attractive
Shatapatra &
Sahasrapatra Many petals
5. GANA & KULA
Gana
Kula
Family
Mutravirajana. Ch
Utpaladi. Shu
Kamala
Nymphaeaceae
8. Morphology
Herb
Leaves
Flowers
Fruit Fruits are a conical pod with seeds contained in holes .
seeds
aquatic herb with submerged horizontal stems.
leaves have long stalks that join the leaf in the
center of the blade and the leaf blade either floats
on the surface or emerges above the water, are 1-3
mtr
Single, sweetly fragrant, red , white in colour,
approximately 4-10 inch in diameter.
brown , hard-shelled and are 0.8 cm long.