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Born blind, he lived from 1478/9 to 1581/4, in Braj near Mathura.He wrote upward of 100,000 poems or songs on the life and adventures of the god Krishna; only 8,000 of these have survived.He is credited with a vast number of other poems/songs, but how many he actually wrote and how many were others' poems attributed to him is unknown. =Emblem of India = The [|Emblem]  of [|India] This is the famous original sandstone sculpted [|Lion Capital of Ashoka]  preserved at [|Sarnath Museum]  which was originally erected around [|250 BCE]  atop an [|Ashoka Pillar]  at [|Sarnath] . The <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">emblem of India <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> is an adaptation from the <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;">[|Sarnath] [|Lion Capital of Ashoka] <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">. Emperor <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;">[|Ashoka] <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> the Great erected the atop an <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;">[|Ashoka Pillar] <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> to mark the spot where <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;">[|Gautama Buddha] <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> first taught the <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;">[|Dharma] <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> and where the Buddhist <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;">[|Sangha] <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> was founded. In the original there are four <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;">[|Asiatic lions] <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">, standing back to back, mounted on a circular with a <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;">[|frieze] <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> carrying sculptures in high relief of an elephant, a galloping horse, a bull and a lion separated by intervening <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;">[|Dharmachakra] <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> or <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;">[|Ashoka Chakra] <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> wheels over a bell-shaped <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;">[|lotus] <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">. It was carved out of a single block of polished sandstone. The four lions (one hidden from view) - symbolising power, courage and confidence - rest on a circular abacus. The abacus is girded by four smaller animals - guardians of the four directions: the lion of the north, the elephant of the east, the horse of the south and the bull of the west.The abacus rests on a lotus in full bloom, exemplifying the fountainhead of life and creative inspiration. The motto 'Satyameva Jayate' inscribed below the emblem in Devanagari script means 'truth alone triumphs'. The version used as the emblem does not include the bell-shaped lotus flower beneath. The frieze beneath the lions is shown with the Dharma Chakra in the center, a <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;">[|bull] <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> on the right and a galloping <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;">[|horse] <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> on the left, and outlines of Dharma Chakras on the extreme right and left. Forming an integral part of the emblem is the <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;">[|motto] <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> inscribed below the abacus in <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;">[|Devanagari] <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> script: <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;">[|Satyameva Jayate] <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">सत्यमेव जयते <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> ( <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;">[|English] <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">: <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Truth Alone Triumphs <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">). This is a quote from <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;">[|Mundaka] [|Upanishad] <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">, the concluding part of the sacred <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;">[|Hindu] [|Vedas] <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">. It was adopted as the National Emblem of India on 26 January 1950, the day that <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;">[|India] <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> became a republic.
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