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This is the motif taken up by Ashoka and portrayed on top of his pillars. The 24 spokes represent the twelve causal links taught by the Buddha and paṭiccasamuppāda (Dependent Origination, Conditional Arising) in forward and then reverse order. [3] The first 12 spokes represent 12 stages of suffering. The next 12 spokes represent no cause no ...
The 24 spoke Ashoka dharmachakra is present in the modern flag of India, representing the pan-Indian concept of Dharma. [29] The modern State Emblem of India is a depiction of the Lion Capital of Ashoka (Sanchi), which includes the dharmachakra.
The Ashoka Chakra has a spoke for each of 24 hours in a day.. Samaya (Sanskrit: समय, romanized: Samayā, lit. 'Time') [1] or Samayam (Sanskrit: समयम्, romanized: Samayaṃ) [2] is a Sanskrit term referring to the "appointed or proper time, [the] right moment for doing anything."
The Ashoka Chakra has twenty-four evenly spaced spokes. [21] The size of the Ashoka Chakra is not specified in the flag code, but in section 4.3.1 of "IS1: Manufacturing standards for the Indian Flag", there is a chart that describes specific sizes of the flag and the chakra (reproduced alongside). [26]
The Ashoka Chakra (Ashoka wheel) on its base features in the centre of the National Flag of India. The actual Sarnath capital features four Asiatic lions standing back to back, symbolising power, courage, confidence and pride, mounted on a circular base. At the bottom is a horse and a bull, and at its centre is a Dharma chakra.
This Lion Capital of Ashoka from Sarnath has been adopted as the National Emblem of India and the wheel "Ashoka Chakra" from its base was placed onto the centre of the flag of India. The lions probably originally supported a Dharma Chakra wheel with 24 spokes, such as is preserved in the 13th century replica erected at Wat Umong near Chiang Mai ...
The Indian flag is a horizontal rectangular tricolour with equally sized deep saffron at the top, white in the middle and India green at the bottom with the Dharma chakra, a 24-spoke wheel, in navy blue at its centre. [9] [19] The ratio of width of the flag to its length is two to three. Saffron indicates the strength and courage, white ...
Colonel Neelakantan Jayachandran Nair was awarded both Ashoka Chakra and Kirti Chakra. Damodar Kashinath Jatar, a pilot of Air India's Kashmir Princess was the first civilian recipient of the Ashoka Chakra. Colonel Yury Malyshev and Flight Engineer Gennadi Strekalov from Russia were the first foreign recipients of the Ashoka Chakra (both were ...