White lotus

White lotus can refer to:

Plants

  • White waterlily, an aquatic flowering plant
    • Nymphaea alba, of Europe and North Africa
    • Nymphaea lotus, of East Africa and Southeast Asia
    • Nymphaea nouchali, of South Asia, Southeast Asia and Australia
    • Nymphaea pubescens, of South Asia and Southeast Asia

Buddhist sect

  • White Lotus, a Buddhist sect which became an influential secret society in imperial China
    • Red Turban Rebellion, a 1351–1368 rebellion that overthrew the Yuan dynasty
    • White Lotus Rebellion, a 1794–1804 rebellion during the Qing dynasty

Fictional organizations loosely based on the historical organization

  • White Lotus Society, a fictional organization in the video game Mortal Kombat.
  • Order of the White Lotus, a fictional organization in the animated television series Avatar: The Last Airbender and The Legend of Korra
  • White Lotus Society, a fictional triad holding secrets of the far past in the 2008 fantasy novel Necropolis by Anthony Horowitz.

Other uses

  • White Lotus (album), a 2011 album by the American post-hardcore band Eyes Set to Kill
  • Ganglamedo, also translated as White lotus, a 2006 Chinese musical film
  • The White Lotus, an American TV series
  • White Lotus, a 1965 novel by John Hersey
  • White Lotus Foundation, a yoga organization

See also

  • Sacred lotus (disambiguation)
  • Blue lotus (disambiguation)
  • White waterlily (disambiguation)
  • Egyptian water lily (disambiguation)
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