According to this story, the water lily is associated with the moment of creation.
The water lily is the flower of the underworld-the place of creation.
Separating out the core of the material world would be like draining the pond where a water lily grows.
A water lily emerging from the water and opening its petals at dawn.
I believe that the year symbol and water lily are interchangeable, as both allude to the sun's journey and, consequently, to the passage of time.
Consequently, naab' 'the water lily' and ha' 'water' are equivalents representing the primeval waters of creation.
Naga also has agricultural as a base of the economy because of its vast cornfields, rice fields, and water lily farms all over the city.
Though the blue water lily, lotus, fish and white water lily are born in water, they have different odours. 65.