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Auspicious dreams No. Digambara No. Śvetāmbara Name Image Dream Interpretation 1: 1 Airavata: White elephant with four tusks, similar to the elephant of the god Indra: Mother would give birth to a child with good character. The four tusk of elephant depicts the four components of Sangha: monks, nuns, laymen and laywomen. 2: 2 Vrishabha: Bull
Finally the elephant disappeared and the queen awoke, knowing she had been delivered an important message, as the elephant is a symbol of greatness. According to Buddhist tradition, the Buddha-to-be was residing as a bodhisattva in the Tuṣita heaven, and decided to take the shape of a white elephant to be reborn on Earth for the last time ...
Airavata is referenced in the song "The Animal Tent" on the album The Circus by The Venetia Fair: Here comes Airavata; the elephant controls the rainclouds, His skin the rumbling earth (Airavata!) Airavata is the name of the Volvo bus service that Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation provides.
The sacred white elephant Airavata is considered the ancestor of all elephants and plays a prominent role as the mount of the god Indra. [ 8 ] [ 9 ] According to Buddhist legends, the mother of the historical Buddha only became pregnant with him after seeing a white elephant in a dream; Buddha is also said to have been saved later by an ...
A white elephant at the Amarapura Palace in 1855. A white elephant is a possession that its owner cannot dispose of without extreme difficulty, and whose cost, particularly that of maintenance, is out of proportion to its usefulness. In modern usage, it is a metaphor used to describe an object, construction project, scheme, business venture ...
To the royal sages, the white elephant signifies royal majesty and authority; they interpreted the dream as meaning that her child was destined for greatness as a universal monarch or a buddha. [ 7 ] Elephants remain an integral part of religion in South Asia and some are even featured in various religious practices. [ 8 ]
Safed Haathi (lit. ' White elephant ') is an Indian Hindi film made by Tapan Sinha in 1978. It won National Film Award for Best Children's Film in 1978. [3] It got a ‘Special Jury Award’ in the Sixth Competitive Festival "The Child In Our Time" 1983 in Mifed, Milan, Italy.
Queen Maya's Dream, c. 2nd century, Gandharan from Mardan. Queen Maya's Dream is an episode in the story of the life of The Buddha, representing his conception by his mother Queen Maya. It is a common scene in the life of Buddha in art, showing Maya asleep on her side having a dream. Of depictions including Maya, only the birth scene is more ...