Water lily is another name given to the most beautiful flower lotus.
Lotus happens to be the national flower of India. A lot of people are always interested in knowing what it’s called in the ancient language Sanskrit.
We are providing three names of water lily from the dictionary with roman transliteration for people who don’t read Devnagiri script.
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| English | Sanskrit | Transliteration |
| Water-Lily | उत्पलं | Utpalaṁ |
| Water-Lily | पद्मं | Padmaṁ |
| Water-Lily | जलकमलं | Jalakamalaṁ |
Utpalam, padmam – both mean lotus.
Lily is known as Kumudam, kuvalayam
I am happy you replied, dear Kameswari. There’s always an overlap in these names because water-lily and lotus belong to the same family of flowers.