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Religious symbol. A collage of artistic representations of various religious symbols; clockwise from top left: Om for Hinduism, Dharmachakra for Buddhism, Jain Prateek Chihna for Jainism, Khanda for Sikhism, Taijitu for Daoism, star and crescent for Islam, cross for Christianity, and Star of David for Judaism.
e. Over the millennia of its development, Hinduismhas adopted several iconic symbols, forming part of Hindu iconography, that are imbued with spiritual meaning based on either the scripturesor cultural traditions. The exact significance accorded to any of the icons varies with region, period and denomination of the followers.
Without proper rendering support, you may see question marks or boxes, misplaced vowels or missing conjuncts instead of Indic text. Om (or Aum) (listen ⓘ; Sanskrit: ॐ, ओम्, romanized:Oṃ, Auṃ, ISO 15919: Ōṁ) is a symbol representing a sacred sound, syllable, mantra, and an invocation in Hinduism. [ 1 ][ 2 ] Its written ...
Depiction of a chakravartin, possibly Ashoka, with a 16-spoked wheel (1st century BCE/CE) The Ashoka Chakra (Transl: Ashoka 's wheel) is an Indian symbol which is a depiction of the dharmachakra (English: "wheel of dharma "). It is so-called because it appears on a number of edicts of Ashoka the Great, [ 1 ] most among which is the Lion Capital ...
Lithuania. The swastika symbol (Lithuanian: sūkurėlis) is a traditional Baltic ornament, [ 115 ][ 174 ] found on relics dating from at least the 13th century. [ 175 ] The sūkurėlis for Lithuanians represents the history and memory of their Lithuanian ancestors as well as the Baltic people at large. [ 175 ]
e. The dharmachakra (Sanskrit: धर्मचक्र, Pali: dhammacakka) or wheel of dharma is a symbol used in the Indian religions. It has a widespread use in Buddhism. [1][2] In Hinduism, the symbol is particularly used in places that underwent religious transformation. [3][4][5][6] The symbol also finds its usage in modern India.
The symbol of hand in the lower portion shows fearlessness and symbolizes the feeling of ahimsa towards all the creatures in this world. The circle in the middle of the hand symbolizes saṃsāra and the 24 spokes represent the preachings from the 24 Tirthankaras , which can be used to liberate a soul from the cycle of reincarnation.
Crescent moon [33] Maldives (flag) White crescent moon symbolizes Islam [34] Mauritania (flag) Star and crescent and green color symbolize Islam [35] Morocco (flag) The green represents Islam. The pentagram 's five points symbolize the five Pillars of Islam. [36]