The upper portion indicates heaven, the middle portion indicates the material world and the lower portion indicates hell. The outline of the image represents the universe as described in Jain Agamas. The Jain emblem is composed of many fundamental concepts and symbols. Since then, this emblem is used in almost all of Jain magazines, on wedding cards, on Jain festival cards and in magazines with links to events related to Jain society. In 1974, on the auspicious 2500th anniversary of the nirvana of the last Jain Tirthankara, Mahavira, the Jain community at large collectively chose one image as an emblem to be the main identifying symbol for Jainism. The wheel represents the dharmachakra, which stands for the resolve to halt the saṃsāra through the relentless pursuit of Ahimsa. The word in the middle is "ahiṃsā" (non-violence). The hand with a wheel on the palm symbolizes Ahimsa in Jainism. Symbol of Ahimsa The symbol of Ahimsa in Jainism This symbol was adopted by all on the occasion of 2500 year completion of Bhagwan Mahaveer. It also represents the four characteristics of the soul: infinite knowledge, infinite perception, infinite happiness, and infinite energy. It also represents the four columns of the Jain Sangha: sadhus, sadhvis, sravakas and shravikas - monks, nuns and female and male laymen. This perfect state of liberation is symbolized by the crescent and dot at the top of the svastika. In contrast to this circle of rebirth and delusion is the concept of a straight path, constituted by correct faith, understanding and conduct, and visually symbolized by the three dots above the running cross swastika, which leads the individual out of the transient imperfect world to a permanent perfect state of enlightenment and perfection. It represents the perpetual nature of the universe in the material world, where a creature is destined to one of those states based on their karma. Tiryancha (subhuman like flora or fauna). ![]() The four arms of the swastika symbolize the four states of existence as per Jainism:
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