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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
Before its adaptation to the Japanese dream-caretaker myth creature, an early 17th-century Japanese manuscript, the Sankai Ibutsu (山海異物), describes the baku as a shy, Chinese mythical chimera with the trunk and tusks of an elephant, the ears of a rhinoceros, the tail of a cow, the body of a bear and the paws of a tiger, which protected ...
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]
A baby elephant hit by a speeding train in northern India has completed her one year of recovery, showing miraculous results.. Named Bani, the nine-month-old elephant was hit by a speeding train ...
The two baby elephants born at the Fresno zoo last month are growing big and strong, and just made their public debut in the zoo’s viewing area today. The calves, both male, were born to two ...
An idol of Rishabha with mother Marudevi at Palitana Auspicious dreams as an ornamentation on cover of 19th-century manuscript. The enlivening of the embryo through the descent of the future Tīrthankara's soul in the mortal body is celebrated as Garbha Kalyānaka [2] At this time, Queen Marudevi dreamt fourteen auspicious dreams (Śvetāmbara belief) or sixteen auspicious dreams (Digambara ...
That elephant statue has a deep symbolic meaning. The post If You See an Elephant Statue at a Front Door, This Is What It Means appeared first on Reader's Digest.
A Heffalump is an elephant-like creature in the Winnie-the-Pooh stories by A. A. Milne. Heffalumps are mentioned, and only appear, in Pooh and Piglet's dreams in Winnie-the-Pooh (1926), and are seen again in The House at Pooh Corner (1928). Physically, they resemble elephants; E. H. Shepard's illustration shows an Indian elephant.