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inspired by a Tibetan symbolI don't remember exactly but I think this endless knot symbolizes love and eternity
please tell me if you know more about it : )
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thank you very much for enjoying it!
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YouΒ΄re much welcome -it was my pleasure
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Very clean lines, vibrant colors, interesting design. Well done!
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thank you, glad you like it!
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Beautiful!
The sanskrit word for that symbol is 'srivatsa'. There are many interpretations I believe, including that of love and eternity. I read somewhere that it represents the Buddhas wisdom and infinite compassion. It is one of eight auspicious symbols (ashtamangala) in Hinduism and Buddhism and a bunch of other Indian religions.
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thank you for sharing what you know!
'shivasta' is the way it's called in French but I guess it would be better to use the sanskrit word.
thanks for your comment and for enjoying this picture!
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Nice Shrivatsa! 
The endless knot has been described as "an ancient symbol representing the interweaving of the Spiritual path, the flowing of Time and Movement within That Which is Eternal. All existence, it says, is bound by time and change, yet ultimately rests serenely within the Divine and the Eternal." Various interpretations of the symbol include:
* The Endless knot iconography symbolised Samsara i.e., the endless cycle of suffering or birth, death and rebirth within Tibetan Buddhism.
* The inter-twining of wisdom and compassion.
* Interplay and interaction of the opposing forces in the dualistic world of manifestation, leading to their union, and ultimately to harmony in the universe.
* The mutual dependence of religious doctrine and secular affairs.
* The union of wisdom and method.
* The inseparability of emptiness (shunyata) and dependent origination, the underlying reality of existence.
* Symbolic of knot symbolism in linking ancestors and omnipresence and the magical ritual and meta-process of binding (refer etymology of Tantra, Yoga and religion) (see Namkha.)
* Since the knot has no beginning or end it also symbolizes the infinite wisdom of the Buddha. See mystic knot.
Endless knots come as mystic/mythological symbols have developed independently in various cultures. A well-known example is the various Celtic knots.
The interlaced form of the unicursal hexagram (and other symbols) of occultism is/are topologically equivalent to the Buddhist endless knot.
ΕrΔ«vatsa may be alterhically represented in English as Shrivatsa and Sri Vatsa (Devanagari: ΰ€Άΰ₯ΰ€°ΰ₯ΰ€΅ΰ€€ΰ₯ΰ€Έ) and signifies the 'Endless Knot'. Chandra et al.. (1902: p. 69) state that it denotes "...the auspicious mark represented by a curled noose emblematical of love...".
It is a mark on the chest of Vishnu where His consort Sri Lakshmi resides. It is said that the 10th avatar of Vishnu, Kalki will be bearer of the Srivatsa mark on his chest.
In Hinduism, Kalki (Devanagari: ΰ€ΰ€²ΰ₯ΰ€ΰ€Ώ; also rendered by some as Kalkin and Kalaki) is the tenth and final Maha Avatar (great incarnation) of Vishnu who will come to end the present age of darkness and destruction known as Kali Yuga. The name Kalki is often a metaphor for eternity or time. The origins of the name probably lie in the Sanskrit word "kalka" which refers to mud, dirt, filth, or foulness and hence denotes the "destroyer of foulness," "destroyer of confusion," "destroyer of darkness," or "annihilator of ignorance." Other similar and divergent interpretations based on varying etymological derivations from Sanskrit - including one simply meaning "White Horse " - have been made.
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thank you so much for your comment : this is so interesting!
and so the real name of this symbol is ''shrivatsa''? I've probably misspelled it...
many many thanks for sharing what you know about this symbol! I deeply appreciate it
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You're welcome! I don't think spelling is that important, many symbols go by so much different names. 
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names just 'simplify' what they represent, like some tip of the iceberg in a way...
and it's a fact that symbols have many different meanings. this is what make them so interesting and fascinating!
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So true, like a picture says more than a thousand words!
Like a simple circle and it's relation to Pi , it cannot be expressed in terms of the ratio of two whole numbers , the essence of the circle exists in a dimension that transcends the linear rationality that it contains . Our holistic perspectives, feelings and intuitions encompass the finite elements of the ideas that are within them, yet have a greater wisdom than can be expressed by those ideas alone.
Interestingly fascinating all right!
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(I'll need a little time to read and understand all this, but eh it's so interesting
thanks for sharing these links
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No problem!
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really nice
A part of me has become immortal, out of my control.
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thank you
and thanx for the 
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