This question was asked on Koun Banega Karodpati program.
Question
Soyombo which is derived from Sanskrit word Swayam Bhu, meaning
self born is a national symbol featured in which country's flag ??
1. Mongolia
2. Kazakhstan
3. China
4. South Korea
Answer
We will look into each county's flag !!!
Flag of Kazakhstan features a sky blue background with a gold Sun and 32 rays above a soaring eagle in centre.
Kazakhstan ruled out !!!
In Chinese flag, we see one large gold star and 4 smaller gold stars !!!
China is ruled out.
In South Korean flag, red and blue circle in the center and 4 black trigrams.
South Korea ruled out.
Flag of Mongolia is a vertical triband with a red stripe at each side and Mongolian Soyombo symbol centering on left most stripe.
Answer Mongolia !!!
I searched web for more information.
Soyombo DOES come from Sanskrit !!!
A Mongolian Buddhist scholar created a new writing system.
He named that script SOYOMBO script !!!
He took the Sanskrit word Swayam Bhu, and adapted it to Mongolian as Soyombo.
Soyombo means THE UNIVERSE !!!!
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