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  2. Cultural depictions of lions - Wikipedia

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    A page from Kelileh va Demneh dated 1429, from Herat, a Persian translation of the Panchatantra – depicts the manipulative jackal-vizier, trying to lead his lion-king into war. In both Arab and Persian culture, the lion is regarded as a symbol of courage, bravery, royalty and chivalry. The depiction of lions is derived from earlier ...

  3. Heraldry of León - Wikipedia

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    Alfonso VII's use of the lion as a heraldic emblem for León predates the earliest surviving Royal Arms of England, a single lion visible on a half-shield depicted on the First Great Seal (1189) of Richard I, [11] as well as the three pale blue lions passant of Denmark (ca. 1194), [12] the heraldry of the Holy Roman Empire (ca. 1200) [13] and ...

  4. Rastafari - Wikipedia

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    It combines the conquering lion of Judah, symbol of the Ethiopian monarchy, with red, gold, and green. Rastafari is an Abrahamic religion that developed in Jamaica during the 1930s. It is classified as both a new religious movement and a social movement by scholars of religion .

  5. Lion (heraldry) - Wikipedia

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    The lion-dragon is a lion with the lower body, hind legs, wings and tail of a wyvern, although Fox-Davies doubted the existence of this figure outside of heraldry books and reported not to know of any actual use of it. The man-lion, also called a lympago, possesses a human face.

  6. Shakyasimha - Wikipedia

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    Sakyasenge). is a symbol of a lion representing the king of all beasts. The 'Lion of the Sakya Clan'. [1] The lion in this aspect is used as a symbol of Buddhism itself. [2] Like a Buddha, Padmasambhava as the Second Buddha, is also called Shakyasimha. [3] Shakyasimha was also the name given to the guru Padmakara (Tib.

  7. Pillars of Ashoka - Wikipedia

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    The abacus would then adopt the Hamsa goose as an animal decorative symbol, in Lauria Nandangarh and the Rampurva lion. Sanchi and Sarnath would mark the culmination with four animals back-to-back instead of just one, and a new and sophisticated animal and symbolic abacus (the elephant, the bull, the lion, the horse alternating with the Dharma ...

  8. Ashoka Chakra - Wikipedia

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    It is so-called because it appears on a number of edicts of Ashoka the Great, [1] most prominent among which is the Lion Capital of Ashoka. [2] The most visible use of the Ashoka Chakra today is at the centre of the Flag of India (adopted on 22 July 1947), where it is rendered in a navy blue colour on a white background, replacing the symbol of ...

  9. State Emblem of India - Wikipedia

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    The State Emblem of India is the national emblem of the Republic of India and is used by the union government, many state governments, and other government agencies.The emblem is an adaptation of the Lion Capital of Ashoka, an ancient sculpture dating back to 280 BCE during the Maurya Empire.