Sanskrit padma. Transliterated as Botou Mohua. It is native to East India, Persia and other countries. One of the forty hands of Thousand-Hand Guanyin holds this flower, which is called the red lotus hand. The Great Compassionate Heart Dharani of Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva with Thousand Arms and Thousand Eyes (Main Chapter 20? 118): "If you want to be reborn in the heavenly palaces, you should hold the red lotus flower. Mantra: Om Shangjie [口*李] Sa Ke He "[Huilin Yinyin Volume 3] p3926