The Nandavarta or Nandyavarta is one of the eight auspicious symbols of
Jainism
Jainism ( ), also known as Jain Dharma, is an Indian religion. Jainism traces its spiritual ideas and history through the succession of twenty-four tirthankaras (supreme preachers of ''Dharma''), with the first in the current time cycle bein ...
for the
Svetambara sect. It is an
ashtamangala which is used for worship, and could be made with rice grains.
[''Jainism The World of Conquerors'', par Natubhai Shah, volume II, p. 31, ] It is also the symbol of 18th
Tirthankar Aranatha
Aranath was the eighteenth Jain Tirthankar of the present half cycle of time ( Avasarpini). He was also the eighth Chakravartin and thirteenth Kamadeva. According to Jain beliefs, he was born around 16,585,000 BCE. He became a siddha i.e. a l ...
according to
Śvētāmbara
The Śvētāmbara (; ''śvētapaṭa''; also spelled ''Shwethambara'', ''Svetambar'', ''Shvetambara'' or ''Swetambar'') is one of the two main branches of Jainism, the other being the ''Digambara''. Śvētāmbara means "white-clad", and refers ...
and 7th tirthankar
Suparshvanatha according to
digambar
''Digambara'' (; "sky-clad") is one of the two major schools of Jainism, the other being '' Śvētāmbara'' (white-clad). The Sanskrit word ''Digambara'' means "sky-clad", referring to their traditional monastic practice of neither possessing ...
. The symbol has 4 arms with compulsorily 9 corners/ turns each.
References
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* Nandyāvarta, an auspicious symbol in Indian art by A. L Srivastava (Book)
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