Coat of arms of india

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Coat of arms of india
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Motto (motto) सत्यमेव जयते Satyameva Jayate (" Truth alone wins ")

The coat of arms of India was adopted on January 26, 1950, the day the Republic of India was proclaimed . This emblem is also used by some of the Indian states and union territories as their own ( see list ).

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The upper part of the Ashoka Pillar in Sarnath

The Indian coat of arms shows the pommel ( capital ) of an "Ashoka column", which the Maurya ruler Ashoka in the 3rd century BC. BC in the areas ruled by the Mauryas. The ruler had the main features of his politics and especially the Dharma carved on these pillars . Ashoka's Dharma edicts do not refer to the teaching of Buddhism ; the Ashoka edicts refer to its state policy as Dharma .

The capital consists of four lions standing back to back, which stand on a bell-shaped lotus base . Between the lion and the lotus element there is the wheel symbol ( Dharmachakra ) and four smaller animal representations (humpback cattle, horse, elephant, lion), of which only horse and humpback cattle can be seen in the coat of arms.

The lion pillar originally stood in Sarnath , where the Buddha gave his first discourse. Today this capital is in the museum in Sarnath.

The inscription below the capital is Sanskrit in Devanagari script and contains the motto, a quote from the Mundaka Upanishad :

"सत्यमेव जयते"

"Satyameva Jayate"

"Truth alone wins"

literature

  • Karl-Heinz Hesmer: Flags and coats of arms of the world. History and symbolism of the flags and coats of arms of all states. Bertelsmann Lexikon Verlag, Gütersloh 1992, ISBN 3-570-01082-1 .

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