The Khanda

Sikh Khanda on Stamp designed by Stacey Zabolotney Issued By Canada Post in November 2000 .

The Khanda (Template:Lang-gpa, khaṇḍā) is one of most important symbols of Sikhism. Its importance is emphasized by the fact that many Sikh flags, including the Nishan Sahib have the Khanda on them. It is a collection of four weapons commonly used by Sikhs at the time of Guru Gobind Singh Ji . Image File history File links Khanda1. ... Image File history File links Khanda1. ... Image File history File links CANADA_Sikh_Stamp. ... Image File history File links CANADA_Sikh_Stamp. ... Canada Post Corporation (French: Société canadienne des postes) is a Canadian postal service operated as a crown corporation. ... Sikhism (IPA: or ; Punjabi: , , IPA: ) is a religion that began in fifteenth century Northern India with the teachings of Nanak and nine successive human gurus. ... The Nishan Sahib is a Sikh holy flag made of cotton or silk cloth and is triangular in shape. ... Guru Gobind Singh Ji (Patna, Bihar, India, December 22, 1666 – October 7, 1708) was the tenth and last of the Ten Gurus of Sikhism and became Guru on November 11, 1675 following in the footsteps of his father Guru Teg Bahadur Ji. ...

The weapons are

• A double-edged sword called a Khanda sits in the middle.
• A Chakkar is a circular weapon that surrounds the Khanda
• Two single-edged swords, or kirpans, are crossed at the bottom and sit on either side of the Khanda and Chakkar. They represent the dual nature/duties of the Gurus, Miri and Piri.

The weapons have symbolic meanings. The Khanda symbolises knowledge of God, the Chakkar symbolizes the oneness of God, Miri means political sovereignty and Piri means spiritual sovereignty. Rajput Princess wielding a sword fights a foot-soldier armed with a Khanda. ... Sikhs with chakrams, inscribed Nihang Abchal Nagar (Nihangs from Hazur Sahib), 1844 The chakram is a throwing weapon that was used by the ancient Indians; it is a flat metal ring with a sharp outer edge from 5 to 12 inches in diameter. ... Typical Kirpan worn by modern Sikhs The Kirpan (IPA: ) (Punjabi: ) is a ceremonial sword or dagger worn by all baptised Sikhs. ... Sikhism was established by ten Gurus, teachers or masters, over the period 1469 to 1708. ... Stylised Ek Onkar Simple Ek Onkar Ek Onkar (also , , Ēk Ōaṅkār, Ek Omkar, Ik Onkar and other variants) means one God and is a central tenet of Sikh religious philosophy. ... Constantines Conversion, depicting the conversion of Emperor Constantine the Great to Christianity, by Peter Paul Rubens. ... For other senses of this word, see dogma (disambiguation). ...

The Khanda is an important emblem in Sikhism and can be compared to the symbol of Om in Hinduism and symbols from other Dharmic religions. The Chakar is the circle that indicates that God and eternal life is without end and perfect. The word Om and similar words have these meanings:- Aum, a sacred bijakshara (syllable) of Hinduism, Jainism and Sikhism; also relevant in Buddhism. ... The word Dharmic is an adjective of the word Dharma. ...

The current flag of Iran bears an emblem which is visually similar to a Khanda, but is not supposed to be referential to Sikhism. This has given credence to long standing rumors that Ayatollah Khomeni (who personally authorized this flag) explicitly borrowed this from Sikhism. There is a very established family in the Majha region of Punjab that has always claimed that the Ayatollah spent part of his childhood there. Current flag of the Islamic republic of Iran, introduced in 1980. ... Ayatollah Khomeini founded the first modern Islamic republic Ayatollah Seyyed Ruhollah Khomeini (آیت‌الله روح‌الله خمینی in Persian) (May 17, 1900 – June 3, 1989) was an Iranian Shia cleric and the political... This article is about the geographical region. ...

The symbol is encoded in Unicode, in the Miscellaneous Symbols range, at codepoint U+262C (☬). The Unicode Standard, Version 5. ... The Miscellaneous Symbol plane of Unicode (2600–26FF) contains various glyphs representing things from a variety of categories: Astrological, Astronomical, Chess, Dice, Ideological symbols, Musical notation, Political symbols, Recycling, Religious symbols, Trigrams, Warning Signs and Weather. ...