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Source: Wisdom Library: India History

The Five Symbols of Sikhism signify the assumption of the offices of the three spheres (i.e., Rājya, Saṃnyāsa, Gṛhastha), by an “ordered renunciation of renunciation”, and not as opposed to one another.

The Five Symbols of Sikhism are:

1. the kēś (keśa) (unshorn hair) associated with Saṃnyāsa-Yoga,
2. kaṅga (kaṅkata) (comb) associated with Saṃnyāsa-Yoga,
3. the kachh (kaccha) (tailored loin garment) associated with Gṛhastha-Yoga, and
4. the kirpan (kṛpāṇa) (sword) associated with Rājya-Yoga,
5. kaṛa (kārā[?]) (band of ritual constraint) associated with Rājya-Yoga.

These five symbols of Sikhism may be fruitfully compared with the eight āvarṇas (“sheaths”) of the Vīraśaiva, which form four pairs of symbols..

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The history of India traces the identification of countries, villages, towns and other regions of India, as well as mythology, zoology, royal dynasties, rulers, tribes, local festivities and traditions and regional languages. Ancient India enjoyed religious freedom and encourages the path of Dharma, a concept common to Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism.

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