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Hand Prayer symbol: Date: 2006: Source: This copyright free symbol is designed by Ravi Poovaiah, Professor, IDC, IIT Bombay ( Hand symbols). Author: This copyright free symbol is designed by Ravi Poovaiah, Professor, IDC, IIT Bombay ( Hand symbols). Permission (Reusing this file)
Praying hands against quasi-stained-glass background. Date: 2006 (SVG) Source: Adapted vectorized version of tiny raster image Image:Praising-hands.png: Author: Original tiny raster by Bastique, vectorization work by Booyabazooka: Permission (Reusing this file)
Orans, a loanword from Medieval Latin orans (Latin: [ˈoː.raːns]) translated as "one who is praying or pleading", also orant or orante, as well as lifting up holy hands, is a posture or bodily attitude of prayer, usually standing, with the elbows close to the sides of the body and with the hands outstretched sideways, palms up.
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A hanging hamsa in Tunisia. The hamsa (Arabic: خمسة, romanized: khamsa, lit. 'five', referring to images of 'the five fingers of the hand'), [1] [2] [3] also known as the hand of Fatima, [4] is a palm-shaped amulet popular throughout North Africa and in the Middle East and commonly used in jewellery and wall hangings.
Emoji Code point Name and notes 📿︎: 📿️: U+1F4FF: PRAYER BEADS 🕀 U+1F540: CIRCLED CROSS POMMEE (Orthodox typicon symbol for great feast service) 🕁 U+1F541: CROSS POMMEE WITH HALF-CIRCLE BELOW (Orthodox typicon symbol for vigil service) 🕂 U+1F542: CROSS POMMEE (Orthodox typicon symbol for Polyeleos) 🕃 U+1F543
The symbol of hand in the lower portion shows fearlessness and symbolizes the feeling of ahimsa towards all the creatures in this world. The circle in the middle of the hand symbolizes saṃsāra and the 24 spokes represent the preachings from the 24 Tirthankaras , which can be used to liberate a soul from the cycle of reincarnation.
Praying Hands (German: Betende Hände), also known as Study of the Hands of an Apostle (Studie zu den Händen eines Apostels), is a pen-and-ink drawing by the German printmaker, painter and theorist Albrecht Dürer. The work is today stored at the Albertina museum in Vienna, Austria.