Under its seven legs seven lotus flowers grow.

A lotus grows upwards from Vishnu's navel, and Brahma emerges from the lotus in order to recreate the universe.

"If your chance ever comes --" The problem was a big one, and big problems were annoying out here where the lotus grew.

Legend has it that as Vishnu floated partly submerged in the primeval ocean, a lotus grew out of his navel, issuing Brahma, whose sole task was to create the world.

Conan, straining forward to reach the wizard with his knife, felt as if he were suddenly laden with chains, or as if he were wading through the slimy swamps of Stygia where the black lotus grows.

In his sleep a lotus grows from his navel, and in the lotus is born the demiurge Brahma, who creates the world.

Vishnu, the preserver, is regarded by his worshippers as a god from whose navel a lotus grew bearing Brahma whose task it was to create the world.

That night a lotus grows from the oceans to Brahma's heaven.