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The emblem features four Asiatic lions standing back to back, symbolizing power, courage, confidence and faith. The lions are mounted on a circular abacus and the abacus is mounted on a lotus. The wheel of the law, Dharmachakra, is in the center of the abacus. The wheel has 24 spokes, which symbolize the progress and evolution of human ...
An Assyrian lamassu dated 721 BC.. Images of unions of different elements into one symbol were originally used by the Ancient Egyptians, Assyrians, and Greeks.The image of the sphinx, found in Egypt and Babylon, depicted the body of a lion and the head of a human, while the harpies of Greek mythology showed bird-like human women.
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Kirtimukha at Kasivisvesvara Temple at Lakkundi, Gadag district, Karnataka, India. Kirtimukha (Sanskrit: कीर्तिमुख , kīrtimukha, also kīrttimukha, a bahuvrihi compound translating to "glorious face") is the name of a swallowing fierce monster face with huge fangs, and gaping mouth, very common in the iconography of Hindu temple architecture in India and Southeast Asia, and ...
The lion head symbolises courage, strength and excellence, as well as resilience in the face of challenges. It is in solid red against a white background - the colours of the national flag. Its mane's five partings represent the same five ideals that are embodied in the five stars of the national flag, namely democracy, peace, progress, justice ...
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This category has the following 4 subcategories, out of 4 total. G. ... Lion's Head (Benguet) Lion's Mound; Lions at the Dvortsovaya pier; Löwe (sculpture ...