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<div>[[File:Brahmi m.svg|thumb|Nandipada.]]<br />
[[File:Apollodotus bull with nandipada.jpg|thumb|Indian coin of [[Apollodotus I]], with a Nandipada [[Taurine cattle|taurine]] symbol on the hump of the [[zebu]] bull.]]<br />
The ''Nandipada'' ("foot of [[Nandi (bull)|Nandi]]") is an ancient Indian symbol, also called a [[Taurine cattle|taurine]] symbol, representing a bull's [[hoof]] or the mark left by the foot of a bull in the ground. The nandipada and the zebu bull are generally associated with [[Nandi (bull)|Nandi]], [[Shiva]] 's humped bull in [[Hinduism]].<ref name ="Srinivasan">[https://books.google.com/books?id=vZheP9dIX9wC&pg=PA224 Many Heads, Arms, and Eyes: Origin, Meaning, and Form of Multiplicity in Indian Art], Doris Srinivasan, BRILL, 1997, p.224</ref> The Nandipada symbol also happens to be similar to the [[Brahmi]] letter "ma".<br />
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The Nandipada appears on numerous ancient Indian coins, such as coins from [[Taxila]] dating to the 2nd century BCE. The symbol also appears on the [[zebu]] bull on the reverse if often shown with a Nandipada taurine mark on its hump on the less worn coins, which reinforces the role of the animal as a symbol, religious or geographic, rather than just the depiction of an animal for decorative purposes. The same association was made later on coins of [[Zeionises]] or [[Vima Kadphises]].<ref name ="Srinivasan"/><ref name="Boppearachchi">Monnaies Greco-Bactriennes et Indo-Grecques, Bopearachchi, p.189</ref> <br />
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The Nandipada symbol saw later evolution, especially with branches becoming more decorated. It is sometimes associated or confused with the [[Buddhist]] [[Triratna]] symbol. The term is also often used in [[numismatics]].<ref>[https://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=127009 CNG Coins notice]</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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[[Category:Hindu symbols]]<br />
[[Category:Hindu legendary creatures]]<br />
[[Category:Hindu gods]]<br />
[[Category:Mythological bulls]]<br />
[[Category:Hinduism and cattle]]<br />
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