Dhvaja

"Dhwaja" redirects here. For the 2018 film, see Dhwaja (film).
A Hindu flag from the temple Maa Naina Devi, Nainital, Uttarakhand, India
Dhvaja (Victory banner) – pole design with silk scarfs, on the background the Potala Palace

Dhvaja (Sanskrit: ध्वज, romanized: Dhvaja, lit. 'flag'; Tibetan: རྒྱལ་མཚན, Wylie: rgyal-msthan) refers to the Sanskrit word for a banner or a flag. Flags are featured in the iconography, mythology, and architecture of Indian religions such as Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism. They are one of the ashtamangala, the eight auspicious emblems of these religions.[1]

  1. ^ Byghan, Yowann (2020-03-12). Sacred and Mythological Animals: A Worldwide Taxonomy (in Bengali). McFarland. p. 279. ISBN 978-1-4766-3887-4.