Chatra (umbrella)

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The Buddha, standing under a Chhatra umbrella, inscribed: "Gift of Abhayamira in 154 GE" (474 CE) in the reign of Kumaragupta II. Gupta art. Sarnath Museum.[1]
Translations of
Chhatra
English Umbrella
Pali Chatta
Sanskrit Chhatra
Burmese ထီး
Chinese 伞/傘, 伞盖/傘蓋
(pinyin: sǎn, sǎn gài)
Japanese 傘, 傘蓋
(rōmaji: san/kasa, sangai)
Khmer ឆ័ត្រ
Korean 산(傘), 산개(傘蓋)
(RR: san, sangae)
Tibetan རིནཆེན་གདུགས, གདུགས་ནི།[2]
(rin chen gdugs, gdugs ni)
Thai ฉัตร
Glossary of Buddhism

The chhatra (from Sanskrit: छत्र, meaning "umbrella")[lower-alpha 1] is an auspicious symbol in Hinduism, Jainism and Buddhism.

The chhatra in various traditions

According to Hindu mythology, it is the emblem of Varuna, also considered an embodiment of kingship. Chhatra is also a deity, yidam and ishta-devata.[citation needed] In various Dharmic traditions it is an accoutrement of chakravartin. A number of deities are depicted with chhatra, and they include Revanta, Surya, and Vishnu (in his Vamana avatar). The chhatra is cordoned amongst the symbols that approach universality within the numerous octavalent suites or sets of Ashtamangala, e.g., in the Digambar Jain tradition, and the Vajrayana tradition.

In Dharmic tradition iconography, traditional Tibetan medicine thangkas and Ayurvedic diagrams, the chhatra is uniformly represented as the Sahasrara.

In Vajrayana Buddhism, the umbrella or parasol is included in the 'Eight Auspicious Signs' or Ashtamangala.

The chhatra shares a similar symbolic value to the baldachin, refer image of Vishvakarman.

In Burmese culture, the hti is considered regalia, and also crowns Burmese pagodas.

The Royal Nine-Tiered Umbrella is one part of the royal regalia of Thailand, and appears in connection with this role in the logo of Royal Umbrella rice.[3]

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  1. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  2. ↑ Sarat Chandra Das (1902). Tibetan-English Dictionary with Sanskrit Synonyms. Calcutta, India: Bengal Secretariat Book Depot, p.69
  3. ↑ NTUC Fairprice, Royal Umbrella Fragrant Rice 5KG, 2017.
  4. ↑ Osmund Bopearachchi, Emergence of Viṣṇu and Śiva Images in India: Numismatic and Sculptural Evidence, 2016.


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