śrivatsavakshāh is one of the names of the Lord Vishnu as described in the Vishnu Sahasranāmastotram.The great patriot, Bheeshmachalks out these thousand (1008) names of Lord when he is asked by his Yudhishitra aboutmatters related dharma and karma. Bheeshma, who was lying on the bed arrows and awaiting his call unto moksha thus begins chanting the name of the great Lord MahaVishnu.There is a series of names relating to śri among which śrivatsavakshāh is the most important.
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There are many legends about śrivatsa mark. It is the mole on Lord Vishnu's chest where Devi Lakshmi is known to reside, thus being called as śrinivAsah. Thus, Our Vedic belief system clearly indicates the importance of the female gender as the integral part of the male. The point is to be noted that other modern religions don't even have any place for the sacred female when it comes to the main representation of Godhead.
Anyway, It is believed that the tenth avatāra of Lord Vishnu, Kalki, will carry the mark of śrivatsa on His chest. It is a sacred symbol for the Jains also. śrivatsa mark is found on the chest of TirthAnkara statues. The fleur de luis could have derived from this ancient Vedic symbol called śrivatsa. In Buddism,The Infinite Knot or Srivatsa in Sanskrit is The symbol of Buddhist reality. The knot is endless and represents the endless cycles of life and death and rebirth again. The interwoven thread symbolizes that everything is interconnnected and so independent of cause and effect. I read about this infinite knot from gadbuddhaa.tripod.com.
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Doesn't that bring us all closer to a very common conclusion??? Of course, all these emerged fro the Vedic religion that has been forgotten today (even by the people in the Indian subcontinent and South Asia)
So, where is this blog post going?
I have no idea, it's going nowhere, as if it is getting entangled in an infinite knot. Hahaha! yea right!
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