Digambar Jain Pooja English

Author(s): Ambika Pandya
Publisher: Ambika Pandya

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ASHTAMANGAL
Swastika Shrivatsa Nandyavart Vardhamanak Bhadrasan
Kalash
Minyugal Darpan
These Are Eight Auspicious Symbols
1. Swastika: Symbolizes four destinies; a) human beings, b) heavenly beings, c) hellish beings and d) tiryanchs (rest of the living beings). The root of Swastika is SU+US: SU means benefic and US means existence; so it also represents glory, prosperity, progress and success.
2. Shrivatsa: Symbolizes the endless cycle of re-birth.
3. Nandyavart: This is a big Swastika with nine corners. It indicates treasure of nine kinds of material, physical, mental and spiritual.
4. Vardhamanak: Vardhaman means increase in wealth, health and most importantly spiritual progress.
5 Bhadrasan: Also called Sinhäsan, meaning throne. It is auspicious because it is sanctified by the feet of Lord Jina.
6. Kalash: Symbolizes all spiritual wealth. It symbolizes completeness of knowledge. Its mouth represents eternity, the throat - losing old mode, and the base represents occupying new mode.
7. Minyugal: Symbolize beings rescued from the ocean of misery of earthly existence.
8 Darpan: Symbolizes True Self. True Self is our own Soul.
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