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Related Why is the swastika still used in Hindu culture after the Nazis bastardized
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Because the Hindus (and other cultures that use the swastika) aren’t about to let a twelve
year dictatorship erase a three millennia old religious and cultural symbol.

Besides, it’s not entirely the fault of the Nazis for bastardizing it. All the Nazis ever called it
was a hakenkreuz, or literally hooked cross. It’s the fault of the Anglophone translators,
wanting to avoid disenfranchising Christians by associating crosses with Nazism, took an
obscure (from the perspective of the West) cultural symbol from India and used it in their
translations.

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Swastika is ancient symbol - Big Dipper constellation alignment and 4 dots represents 4
seasons based on Big Dipper position/alignment.

In Hindu rituals, the symbol with arms pointing clockwise (卐) is called swastika. If you
try to locate the ancient Ramayana verse on ‘Dhruvam sarve Pradakshinam’ it refers
Dhruvam as the pole star and these seven sages(Saptarishis) offer Pradakshinam. The word
swastika is derived from the Sanskrit root swasti, which is composed of –

Su (सु) - good, well, auspicious

Asti (अिस्त) - to be or there is

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Steve Honda · Follow

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Related Why is the Buddha often depicted with a swastika on his chest?
Originally Answered: Why does Buddha have a swastika on his chest sometimes?
The word “Swastika" comes from the ancient Sanskrit word Svasti, which means good luck
or good fortune. It is an ancient symbol, and up to the 20th century was most commonly
associated with Buddhism and Hinduism.

People who are only familiar with it in a contemporary sense may only know it as a symbol of
Nazism, but it was a revered holy symbol for many centuries before the Third Reich hijacked
it to represent their wretched regime.

As a Buddhist I must caution against prominently displaying this particular symbol as a show
of devotion to your faith. Doing so will probably not bring you luck or … (more)
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Kristan Smith · Follow

Intrepid traveller and teller of tall tales. · Updated Oct 31

Why did Hitler choose the swastika, traditionally a sign of good fortune
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People who say the Nazis stole the Swastika from the Hindus are missing the German
history of the symbol.

Lets go for a trip through time to find the German origins of the Swastika, shall we?

We can start with the “Sun Cross”. It’s an ancient symbol.

People like the Sun and Sunshine, so the Sun Cross generally had good associations. “Life,
strength, good fortune” etc.

I wonder if the Sun Cross came from what ancient people saw when they gazed up at the
sky? The sunshine “rays”? Maybe people thought that was just all part of the Sun?

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Related Why did Latvia and Finland have the swastika (or something similar) as
their air force symbol prior to WWII?

Finnish Air Forces still use the symbol.

Because we know where it comes from and we make a point with it.

We used it long before Hitler drew his diagonal black swastika on red background.

If we ever gave up it entirely and stopped explaining to people why we have it soon we
would have half the world thinking that Finns were Nazis because we sported swastikas in
our aircraft and so.

When I served in Karelian Brigade we had a small swastika in the speartip of the
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Anand Srivastava · Follow

B.A from University of Allahabad (Graduated 2022) · 2y

The swastika is an ancient symbol that has been found worldwide, but it is especially
common in India. It can be seen in the art of the Egyptians, Romans, Greeks, Celts, Native
Americans, and Persians as well Hindus, Jains and Buddhists.

Swastikas are most commonly used as charms to bring good fortune (in which case the
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Anders Nilsson · Follow

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Related Why was the Swastika symbol adopted by the Third Reich?
Originally Answered: Why did the Swastika sign was adopted by the Third Reich?
In Mein Kampf, Adolf Hitler wrote:

“I myself, meanwhile, after innumerable attempts, had laid down a final form; a flag with a
red background, a white disk, and a black swastika in the middle. After long trials I also
found a definite proportion between the size of the flag and the size of the white disk, as
well as the shape and thickness of the swastika.”

Following extensive archaeological work such as that of the famous German archaeologist
Heinrich Schliemann. Schliemann discovered the hooked cross on the site of ancient Troy in
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Sandeep Rawat · Follow

B.Tech(Civil) in Science & Mathematics, BKT Inter College Lucknow (Graduated 2016) · 2y

The swastika or sauwastik a— as a character, 卐 (right-facing or clockwise) or 卍 (left-

facing or counterclockwise) respectively — is a geometrical figure and an ancient
religious icon in the cultures of Eurasia . It is used as a symbol of divinity and spirituality
in Indian religions , including Hinduism , Buddhism and Jainism In the Western
world , it was a symbol of auspiciousness and good luck until the 1930s when the right-
facing form 卐 became a feature of Nazi symbolism as an emblem of the Aryan race . As
a result of World War II and the Holocaust , most people in Europe and the Americas
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Related Why is the Nazi symbol on Buddha?

Symbol Used in Buddhist Iconography.

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