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For military decoration, see <a href="/wiki/Ashoka_Chakra_(military_decoration)" title="Ashoka Chakra (military decoration)">Ashoka Chakra (military decoration)</a>.</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Ashoka_Chakra.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/Ashoka_Chakra.svg/200px-Ashoka_Chakra.svg.png" decoding="async" width="200" height="200" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/Ashoka_Chakra.svg/300px-Ashoka_Chakra.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/Ashoka_Chakra.svg/400px-Ashoka_Chakra.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></a><figcaption>Illustration of the <a href="/wiki/Ashoka" title="Ashoka">Ashoka</a> Chakra, as depicted on the <a href="/wiki/Flag_of_India" title="Flag of India">flag of India</a>.</figcaption></figure> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Indian_Relief_of_Ashoka,_circa_1st_century_BC,_from_the_Amaravathi_village,_Guntur_district,_Andhra_Pradesh_(India),_in_the_Guimet_Museum_(Paris).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Indian_Relief_of_Ashoka%2C_circa_1st_century_BC%2C_from_the_Amaravathi_village%2C_Guntur_district%2C_Andhra_Pradesh_%28India%29%2C_in_the_Guimet_Museum_%28Paris%29.jpg/220px-Indian_Relief_of_Ashoka%2C_circa_1st_century_BC%2C_from_the_Amaravathi_village%2C_Guntur_district%2C_Andhra_Pradesh_%28India%29%2C_in_the_Guimet_Museum_%28Paris%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="272" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Indian_Relief_of_Ashoka%2C_circa_1st_century_BC%2C_from_the_Amaravathi_village%2C_Guntur_district%2C_Andhra_Pradesh_%28India%29%2C_in_the_Guimet_Museum_%28Paris%29.jpg/330px-Indian_Relief_of_Ashoka%2C_circa_1st_century_BC%2C_from_the_Amaravathi_village%2C_Guntur_district%2C_Andhra_Pradesh_%28India%29%2C_in_the_Guimet_Museum_%28Paris%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Indian_Relief_of_Ashoka%2C_circa_1st_century_BC%2C_from_the_Amaravathi_village%2C_Guntur_district%2C_Andhra_Pradesh_%28India%29%2C_in_the_Guimet_Museum_%28Paris%29.jpg/440px-Indian_Relief_of_Ashoka%2C_circa_1st_century_BC%2C_from_the_Amaravathi_village%2C_Guntur_district%2C_Andhra_Pradesh_%28India%29%2C_in_the_Guimet_Museum_%28Paris%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2593" data-file-height="3203" /></a><figcaption>Depiction of a <a href="/wiki/Chakravartin" class="mw-redirect" title="Chakravartin">chakravartin</a>, possibly <a href="/wiki/Ashoka" title="Ashoka">Ashoka</a>, with a 16-spoked wheel (1st century BCE/CE)</figcaption></figure> <p>The <b>Ashoka Chakra</b> (Transl: <a href="/wiki/Ashoka" title="Ashoka">Ashoka</a>'s wheel) is an Indian symbol which is a depiction of the <a href="/wiki/Dharmachakra" title="Dharmachakra">dharmachakra</a> (English: "wheel of <a href="/wiki/Dharma" title="Dharma">dharma</a>"). It is so-called because it appears on a number of <a href="/wiki/Edict_of_Ashoka" class="mw-redirect" title="Edict of Ashoka">edicts</a> of <a href="/wiki/Ashoka_the_Great" class="mw-redirect" title="Ashoka the Great">Ashoka the Great</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> most prominent among which is the <a href="/wiki/Lion_Capital_of_Ashoka" title="Lion Capital of Ashoka">Lion Capital of Ashoka</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The most visible use of the Ashoka Chakra today is at the centre of the <a href="/wiki/Flag_of_India" title="Flag of India">Flag of India</a> (adopted on 22 July 1947), where it is rendered in a <a href="/wiki/Navy_blue" title="Navy blue">navy blue</a> colour on a white background, replacing the symbol of <i><a href="/wiki/Charka_wheel" class="mw-redirect" title="Charka wheel">charkha</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/Spinning_wheel" title="Spinning wheel">spinning wheel</a>) of the pre-independence versions of the flag. It is also shown in the <a href="/wiki/Ashoka_Chakra_(military_decoration)" title="Ashoka Chakra (military decoration)">Ashoka Chakra medal</a>, which is the highest award for gallantry in peacetime. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Symbolic_history">Symbolic history</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ashoka_Chakra&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Symbolic history"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>When <a href="/wiki/Gautama_Buddha" class="mw-redirect" title="Gautama Buddha">Gautama Buddha</a> achieved <a href="/wiki/Enlightenment_in_Buddhism" title="Enlightenment in Buddhism">enlightenment</a> at <a href="/wiki/Bodh_Gaya" title="Bodh Gaya">Bodh Gaya</a>, he came to <a href="/wiki/Sarnath" title="Sarnath">Sarnath</a>. There, he found his five disciples, <a href="/wiki/Assaji" class="mw-redirect" title="Assaji">Assaji</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bodhgaya_inscription_of_Mahanaman" title="Bodhgaya inscription of Mahanaman">Mahānāman</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kaundinya" title="Kaundinya">Kondañña</a>, Bhaddiya and Vappa, who had earlier abandoned him. He introduced his first teachings to them, thereby establishing the <a href="/wiki/Dharmachakra" title="Dharmachakra">Dharmachakra</a>. This is the motif taken up by Ashoka and portrayed on top of his pillars. </p><p>The 24 spokes represent the twelve causal links taught by the Buddha and <a href="/wiki/Pa%E1%B9%ADiccasamupp%C4%81da" class="mw-redirect" title="Paṭiccasamuppāda">paṭiccasamuppāda</a> (Dependent Origination, Conditional Arising) in forward and then reverse order.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The first 12 spokes represent 12 stages of suffering. The next 12 spokes represent no cause no effect. So, due to awareness of the mind, the formation of mental conditioning stops. This process stops the process of birth and death, i.e. nibbāna. It also depicts the “wheel of time”. The twelve causal links, paired with their corresponding symbols, are: </p> <ol><li><a href="/wiki/Avidy%C4%81_(Buddhism)" title="Avidyā (Buddhism)">Avidyā</a> <i>ignorance</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sa%E1%B9%85kh%C4%81ra" title="Saṅkhāra">Saṅkhāra</a> <i>conditioning of mind unknowingly</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vij%C3%B1%C4%81na" title="Vijñāna">Vijñāna</a> <i> not being conscious</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Namarupa" title="Namarupa">Nāmarūpa</a> <i>name and form</i> (constituent elements of mental and physical existence)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sadayatana" class="mw-redirect" title="Sadayatana">Ṣalāyatana</a> <i>six senses</i> (eye, ear, nose, tongue, body, and mind)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spar%C5%9Ba" title="Sparśa">Sparśa</a> <i>contact</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vedan%C4%81" title="Vedanā">Vedanā</a> <i>sensation</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ta%E1%B9%87h%C4%81" title="Taṇhā">Taṇhā</a> <i>thirst</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Up%C4%81d%C4%81na" title="Upādāna">Upādāna</a> <i>grasping<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bhava" title="Bhava">Bhava</a> <i>coming to be</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/J%C4%81ti_(Buddhism)" title="Jāti (Buddhism)">Jāti</a> <i>birth</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jar%C4%81mara%E1%B9%87a" title="Jarāmaraṇa">Jarāmaraṇa</a> <i>old age<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and death<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></i> – <i>corpse being carried</i>.</li></ol> <p>These 12 in forward and reverse represent a total 24 spokes representing the <a href="/wiki/Dharma" title="Dharma">dharma</a>. The Ashoka Chakra depicts the 24 principles that should be present in a human. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Inclusion_in_the_national_flag_of_India">Inclusion in the national flag of India</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ashoka_Chakra&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Inclusion in the national flag of India"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Ashoka Chakra was included in the middle of the national flag of India. The chakra intends to show that there is life in movement and death in stagnation.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Originally, the Indian flag was based on the <i><span title="Hindi-language text"><i lang="hi-Latn">Swaraj</i></span></i> flag, a flag of the <a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">Indian National Congress</a> adopted by <a href="/wiki/Mahatma_Gandhi" title="Mahatma Gandhi">Mahatma Gandhi</a> after making significant modifications to the design proposed by <a href="/wiki/Pingali_Venkayya" title="Pingali Venkayya">Pingali Venkayya</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Kapoor_2018_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kapoor_2018-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This flag included <i>charkha</i> which was replaced with <i>Ashoka Chakra</i> by the proposal of <a href="/wiki/B._R._Ambedkar" title="B. R. Ambedkar">Ambedkar</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Goucher_Walton_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Goucher_Walton-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Construction_Sheet">Construction Sheet</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ashoka_Chakra&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Construction Sheet"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">9 August</span> 2020</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=The+Heritage+Lab&rft.atitle=The+%27Lion+Capital%27%3A+a+Buddhist+symbol+that+became+India%27s+National+Emblem&rft.date=2019-08-04&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theheritagelab.in%2Flion-capital-india-national-emblem%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAshoka+Chakra" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Maha Nayaka Thera, <a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://www.sundaytimes.lk/110710/Plus/plus_10.html">http://www.sundaytimes.lk/110710/Plus/plus_10.html</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190627225053/http://www.sundaytimes.lk/110710/Plus/plus_10.html">Archived</a> 27 June 2019 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, The correct use of the 'Dharmachakra'</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">See, for example, Rhys Davids & Stede (1921–25), p. 149; and, Gombrich (2005).</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">See Rhys Davids & Stede (1921–25), p. 279, entry for "Jarā", retrieved 19 November 2008 from "U. Chicago" at <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://archive.today/20130626181803/http://dsal.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/philologic/getobject.pl?c.1:1:1721.pali">[1]</a> . More than simply "old age", the PED provides the additional meanings of "decay, decrepitude"; and, these additional translations are reflected in the Buddha's reputed words in the Jarā Sutta (below). However, for the sake of semantic conciseness, the compound term jarā-maraṇa is here represented as "old age and death."</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">See Rhys Davids & Stede (1921–25), p. 524, entry for "Maraṇa", retrieved 19 November 2008 from "U. Chicago" at <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20141017191553/http://dsal.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/philologic/getobject.pl?c.2:1:3896.pali">[2]</a> . 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