Endless knot

This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Find sources: "Endless knot" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (March 2019) (Learn how and when to remove this message)

Endless knot
A common form of the endless knot
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	盤長結
Simplified Chinese	盘长结
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin pánzhǎng jié
Tibetan name
Tibetan	དཔལ་བེའུ།
Transcriptions Wylie dpal be'u
Mongolian name
Mongolian Cyrillic	түмэн өлзий
Sanskrit name
Sanskrit	śrīvatsa

The endless knot or eternal knot is a symbolic knot and one of the Eight Auspicious Symbols. It is an important symbol in Hinduism, Jainism and Buddhism. It is an important cultural marker in places significantly influenced by Tibetan Buddhism such as Tibet, Mongolia, Tuva, Kalmykia, and Buryatia. It is also found in Celtic, Kazakh and Chinese symbolism.