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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 State Emblem of India features the 24 spoke Dharmachakra from the Lion Capital of Ashoka. Jain illustration with dharmachakra and the motto Ahiṃsā Paramo Dharma (non-violence is the highest dharma). The dharmachakra is a symbol in the sramana religion of Budhha Dhamma. [23] [24]
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]
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 ...
Sync with File:Flag of India (construction sheet) (2-3).svg and File:Flag of India (construction sheet - Ashoka Chakra detail).svg which are based on government specifications. 11:32, 26 May 2022: 500 × 500 (4 KB) Vikassinghhhh: Spoke Width 10° with 5° difference. According to Guidelines: 07:53, 25 April 2022: 512 × 512 (2 KB) ChiK: color ...
The middle panel shall be white, bearing at its centre the design of Ashoka Chakra in navy blue colour with 24 equally spaced spokes. [ 18 ] Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan , who later became India's first Vice President and second President , described the significance of the Indian National Flag as follows:
The Lion Capital of Ashoka is the capital, or head, of a column erected by the Mauryan emperor Ashoka in Sarnath, India, c. 250 BCE. Its crowning features [ 1 ] are four life-sized lions set back to back on a drum-shaped abacus .
The middle panel shall be white, bearing at its centre the design of Ashoka Chakra in navy blue colour with 24 equally spaced spokes." [5] It was adopted in its present form during a meeting of the Constituent Assembly of India held on 22 July 1947, when it became the official flag of the Dominion of India. The flag was subsequently retained as ...