Cintamani

Chintamani ( Sanskrit: चिन्तामणि Cintamani [ tʃɪntɑ mʌɳi ː ], desire jewel ') is in Hinduism and Buddhism, a legendary gem, the power is granted, its owner to give that, what he craves. In the Hindu tradition, he is so symbolic of the divine. In Mahayana Buddhism it is an attribute of the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas and stands allegorically for the active power of the Dharma and the spirit who has attained enlightenment. He is particularly associated with the allguten Samantabhadra, the compassionate Avalokiteshvara and Kshitigarbha, the especially very popular in Japan saint of children and the souls in the underworld.

Iconographically the jewel is represented either individually or in triplicate, and often surrounded by a flaming halo. The design spread among other things, Manichaeism, in which the Chintamani was a symbol Manis of the Redeemer, and later on Buddhist stupas and images on wood printing of Central Asia via Turkestan down to the Persian area. In Timuridenreich it developed towards the manor icon and was presented among other coins and coats of arms. In the Ottoman art, it was later in the cosmological form of the three- ball motif, especially in the carpet art and rarely also in the ceramic very popular, especially in combination with the typical wavy lines described as clouds or tiger stripes.