NATIONAL EMBLEM
The national emblem is an adaptation from Sarnath,the lion capital of Ashoka.
In the original ,there are four lions,standing back to back,mounted on an abacus with a frieze carrying sculptures of an elefhant,a galloping horse , a bull and a lion sepreated by intervining wheel over a bell-shaped lotus. Carved out of a single block of polished sandstone,the capital is crowned by the wheel of the Law ,Dharma Chakra .
In the state emblem adopted by the Government of India on January 26 ,1950 ,only three lions are visible,the fourth is hidden form view .The wheel appears as a relief in the centre of the abacus with a bull on the right and a horse on the left,and the outlines of the other wheels on the extreme right and left.
It inspires us to march along the path of dharma slogging like a bull yet remaining swift as a horse. The bell - shaped lotus has been omitted .The words satyameva jayate-from mundaka Upanishad,meaning Truth Alone Triumphs-are inscribed below the abacus in the Devanagari script.
Satyameva Jayate
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