Religious iconography

Jain tradition

Living symbols indexed under this named context. This page gathers catalog references; it does not define the whole tradition or erase differences among communities and practitioners.

2 symbols

Aquatic · Aquatic Flower

Lotus

Nelumbo nucifera

An aquatic flower rising clean above muddy water, central to South and East Asian images of purity, awakening, divine birth, and spiritual unfolding.

Buddhist traditionsPurity, awakening, and liberation within an imperfect world

3 contextual readings

Tree · Aromatic Tree

Sandalwood

Santalum album

A fragrant heartwood associated with purity, cooling devotion, sacred embodiment, meditation, offering, and the refinement of character.

Hindu traditionsPurity, devotion, cooling grace, and sacred presence

3 contextual readings