Auspicious Sea Clouds

Japanese: 吉祥海雲 - きっしょうかいうん
Auspicious Sea Clouds

…It is also written as Manji or Manji. In Sanskrit it is called svastika or śrīvatsa, and is translated into Chinese as auspicious joy or auspicious sea cloud. It is said to have originated as a pictograph of the sun emitting light, but there are many other theories, such as one that says it originated as a stylized version of the character svasti (meaning auspicious) in the Ashoka inscription, and there is no consensus.

*Some of the terminology that refers to "Kissho Kaiun" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…卍字,万字とも書く。サンスクリットでは〈スバスティカsvastika〉あるいは〈シュリーバトサśrīvatsa〉といい,吉祥喜旋,吉祥海雲などと漢訳される。太陽が光を放つありさまを象形化したのが起源であるとされているが,アショーカ王碑文中の〈スバスティsvasti(〈吉祥〉の意)〉という文字を図案化したものが起源であるとする説など異説も多く,一定していない。…

※「吉祥海雲」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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