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13th December 2007, 09:23 AM
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Just lucky I had seen & looked up Dari script.
Yes the various inscriptions do apper to be abbeviated to me as well. Thankyou Jim Re. the 'cintamani' symbol, {I get a bit single tracked sometimes, when its late!} just done a little research about it & it appears it origin is Buddhist symbolism originaly? [so must have a very old history in Afghanistan. Unless of course Buddhism adopted it from the Afghans?} one of the things I came across this... "Cintamani are wish-granting jewels and additionally represent wisdom. When depicted in sets of 3, they represent the body, speech and mind of Buddha such as the practitioner may possess. Cintamani are also referred to as the “Thinking Jewel” and symbolize the importance of teaching and as well as the enlightened mind. Pictured here are 6 flaming jewels. 15 flaming jewels are also sometimes seen." Thought it was fascinating to see once again the merging of these symbols, regions & weapons. Even if the meanings & interpritations get altered by time & place. Spiral |
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