Indic

Indic symbols and meanings

Vedic, Puranic, and temple signs — sound, generation, and the well-said mark.

6 marks in the lexicon. A symbol can sit in more than one tradition. The page says which use is which.

• ॐ
  OmA sonic cosmology in one syllable.
• LotusWhat rises clean from the mud it grew in.
• DharmachakraA wheel set turning, with a hub that does not.
• Endless knotA line with no start, so nothing in it stands alone.
• SvastikaA bent cross that meant well-being, and was later occupied.
• LingamA mark of Shiva that refuses a face.