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Endless knot | |||||||
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Chinese name | |||||||
Traditional Chinese | 盤長結 | ||||||
Simplified Chinese | 盘长结 | ||||||
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Tibetan name | |||||||
Tibetan | དཔལ་བེའུ། | ||||||
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Mongolian name | |||||||
Mongolian Cyrillic | түмэн өлзий | ||||||
Sanskrit name | |||||||
Sanskrit | śrīvatsa |
The endless knot or eternal knot is a symbolic knot and one of the Eight Auspicious Symbols. It is an important symbol in Hinduism, Jainism and Buddhism. It is an important cultural marker in places significantly influenced by Tibetan Buddhism such as Tibet, Mongolia, Tuva, Kalmykia, and Buryatia. It is also found in Celtic, Kazakh and Chinese symbolism.
The endless knot appears on clay tablets from the Indus Valley civilization (2500 BC) [1] and on a historic era inscription. [2]
Various Buddhist interpretations of the symbol are:
In Hinduism, Srivatsa is mentioned as 'connected to shree', i.e the goddess Lakshmi. It is a mark on the chest of Vishnu where his consort Lakshmi resides. According to the Vishnu purana, the tenth avatar of Vishnu, Kalki, will bear the Shrivatsa mark on his chest. It is one of the names of Vishnu in the Vishnu Sahasranamam. Srivatsa is considered to be auspicious symbol in Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka.
In Jainism it is one of the eight auspicious items, an asthamangala, however found only in the Svetambara sect. It is often found marking the chests of the 24 tirthankaras. It is more commonly referred to as the Shrivatsa.
A stylized version of the endless knot is the logo of China Unicom.
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Endless knot | |||||||
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Chinese name | |||||||
Traditional Chinese | 盤長結 | ||||||
Simplified Chinese | 盘长结 | ||||||
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Tibetan name | |||||||
Tibetan | དཔལ་བེའུ། | ||||||
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Mongolian name | |||||||
Mongolian Cyrillic | түмэн өлзий | ||||||
Sanskrit name | |||||||
Sanskrit | śrīvatsa |
The endless knot or eternal knot is a symbolic knot and one of the Eight Auspicious Symbols. It is an important symbol in Hinduism, Jainism and Buddhism. It is an important cultural marker in places significantly influenced by Tibetan Buddhism such as Tibet, Mongolia, Tuva, Kalmykia, and Buryatia. It is also found in Celtic, Kazakh and Chinese symbolism.
The endless knot appears on clay tablets from the Indus Valley civilization (2500 BC) [1] and on a historic era inscription. [2]
Various Buddhist interpretations of the symbol are:
In Hinduism, Srivatsa is mentioned as 'connected to shree', i.e the goddess Lakshmi. It is a mark on the chest of Vishnu where his consort Lakshmi resides. According to the Vishnu purana, the tenth avatar of Vishnu, Kalki, will bear the Shrivatsa mark on his chest. It is one of the names of Vishnu in the Vishnu Sahasranamam. Srivatsa is considered to be auspicious symbol in Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka.
In Jainism it is one of the eight auspicious items, an asthamangala, however found only in the Svetambara sect. It is often found marking the chests of the 24 tirthankaras. It is more commonly referred to as the Shrivatsa.
A stylized version of the endless knot is the logo of China Unicom.