Emblem o Indie

The emblem o Indie is an adaptation o the Sarnath Lion Caipital o Ashoka.

Emperor Ashoka the Great erectit the caipital atop an Ashoka Pillar tae merk the spot whaur Gautama Buddha first taught the Dharma an whaur the Buddhist Sangha wis foondit. In the oreeginal thare are fower Asiatic lions, staundin back tae back, muntit on a circular abacus wi a frieze carryin sculptures in hie relief o an elephant, a gallopin horse, a bull an a lion separatit bi intervenin Dharmachakra or Ashoka Chakra wheels ower a bell-shaped lotus. It wis carved oot o a single block o polished sandstane.

The fower lions (ane hidden frae view) - seembolisin pouer, courage, pride an confidence - rest on a circular abacus. The abacus is girdit bi fower smawer ainimals - guardians o the fower directions: the lion o the north, the elephant o the east, the horse o the sooth an the bull o the wast. The abacus rests on a lotus in full bloom, exemplifyin the funtainheid o life an creative inspiration. The motto 'Satyameva Jayate' inscribed belaw the emblem in Devanagari script means 'truth alone triumphs'.

The version uised as the emblem daes no include the bell-shaped lotus flouer aneath. The frieze aneath the lions is shawn wi the Dharma Chakra in the center, a bull on the richt an a gallopin horse on the left, an ootlines o Dharma Chakras on the extreme richt an left.^[1]

Formin an integral pairt o the emblem is the motto inscribed belsw the abacus in Devanagari script: Satyameva Jayate सत्यमेव जयते (Inglis: Truth Alone Triumphs).^[1] This is a quote frae Mundaka Upanishad,^[2] the concludin pairt o the sacred Hindu Vedas.

It wis adoptit as the Naitional Emblem o Indie on 26 Januar 1950, the day that Indie became a republic.^[3]

The emblem forms a pairt o the offeecial letterheid o the Govrenment o Indie, an appears on aw Indian currency as well. It an aa whiles functions as the naitional emblem o Indie in mony places an appears prominently on the diplomatic an naitional Passport o the Republic o Indie. The wheel "Ashoka Chakra" frae its base haes been placed ontae the centre o the Naitional Banner o Indie

• Indie
• Emblems o Indian States
• Asiatic Lion - Critically endangered, it survives anerlie in Indie the day.
• Lion Caipital o Asoka
• Ashoka Pillars
• Ashoka Chakra
• Banner o Indie
• Sarnath Museum

• The State Emblem o Indie
• “National Insignia”, Embassy o Indie, Washington D.C., USA Archived 2012-05-31 at the Wayback Machine
• State Emblem o Indie (Prohibition o Improper Uise) Act, 2005 at the Ministry of Home Affairs web site PDF (25 KiB)
• Emblems an Names (Prevention o Improper Uise) Act, 1950
• The Naitional Emblem displayed on the Hamepage o Meenistry o Hame Affairs, Govrenment o Indie Archived 2017-10-19 at the Wayback Machine
• The Naitional Emblem displayed on the Hamepage o Meenistry o Environment & Forests, Govrenment o Indie
• For Pictures o the famous oreeginal "Lion Caipital o Ashoka" preserved at the Sarnath Museum which haes been adoptit as the "Naitional Emblem o Indie" an the Ashoka Chakra (Wheel) frae which haes been placed in the center o the "Naitional Banner o Indie" - See "lioncapital" frae Columbia University Wabsteid, New York, USA

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