Endless knot

Endless knot
A common form of the endless knot
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese盤長結
Simplified Chinese盘长结
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyinpánzhǎng jié
Tibetan name
Tibetanདཔལ་བེའུ།
Transcriptions
Wyliedpal be'u
Mongolian name
Mongolian Cyrillicтүмэн өлзий
Sanskrit name
Sanskritśrīvatsa
More decorative form of the endless knot
More complex form of the endless knot seen on a c. 400-year-old Chinese lacquerware dish
Endless knot in a Burmese Pali manuscript

The endless knot or eternal knot is a symbolic knot and one of the Eight Auspicious Symbols. It is an important symbol in Hinduism, Jainism and Buddhism. It is an important cultural marker in places significantly influenced by Tibetan Buddhism such as Tibet, Mongolia, Tuva, Kalmykia, and Buryatia. It is also found in Celtic, Kazakh and Chinese symbolism.