Swastika

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I AGREE WITH WHAT SUNILJI SAYS REGARDING SWASTIKA . WE HINDUS

SHOULD STAND AGAINST THE MISUSE OR MISREPRESENTATION OF THE SYMBOL.

THERES A STORY AS ........A GROUP OF OXES R GOING FORWARD IN THERE

WORK BIAS. TIGER OBSERVES THIM & KILLS ONE BY ONE . THESE OXES DONOT

HAVE THE UNITY & SAYS TO HIMSELF THAT WHEN IT COMES TO ME I WILL SEE.

IF WE TOO HINDUS GO IN THIS WAY AGAINST CHRISTIANITY THERE IS NOTHING

LEFT.

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The adoption of Swastika by the West

 

 

The discovery of the Indo-European language group in the 1790s led to

a great effort by archaeologists to link the pre-history of European

peoples to the ancient " Aryans " (variously referring to the

Indo-Iranians or the Proto-Indo-Europeans). Following his discovery of

objects bearing the swastika in the ruins of Troy, Heinrich Schliemann

consulted two leading Sanskrit scholars of the day, Emile Burnouf and

Max Müller. Schliemann concluded that the Swastika was a specifically

Indo-European symbol. Later discoveries of the motif among the remains

of the Hittites and of ancient Iran seemed to confirm this theory.

This idea was taken up by many other writers, and the swastika quickly

became popular in the West, appearing in many designs from the 1880s

to the 1920s.

 

These discoveries, and the new popularity of the swastika symbol, led

to a widespread desire to ascribe symbolic significance to every

example of the motif. In Scandinavian and Germanic countries examples

of similar shapes in ancient European artifacts and in folk art were

interpreted as emblems of good-luck linked to the Indo-Iranian meaning.

 

Western use of the motif, along with the religious and cultural

meanings attached to it, was subverted in the early twentieth century

after it was adopted as the emblem of the Nazi Party. This association

occurred because Nazism stated that the historical Aryans were the

forefathers of modern Germans and then proposed that, because of this,

the subjugation of the world by Germany was desirable, and even

predestined. The swastika was used as a conveniently geometrical and

eye-catching symbol to emphasize this mythical Aryan-German

correspondence and instil racial pride. Since World War II, most

Westerners know the swastika as solely a Nazi symbol, leading to

incorrect assumptions about its pre-Nazi use in the West and confusion

about its sacred religious and historical status in other cultures.

 

you can also log into http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swastika

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Hello

 

What does the Swastika symbol represent?.

 

Thank you

 

Joy Sarah

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What does the Swastika symbol represent?. This is a physical representation of a cosmic swirl of energy as seen in meditation, if it is forward pointing it represents creation, if reversed it represents destruction.Best RegardsPandit Devindra MaharajMahamuni Das <mahamuni wrote: Aum Namah Shivaya, In short, Auspiciousness. Blessings, Surya - joysarahghillie Friday, March 28, 2008 6:09 AM Swastika HelloWhat does the Swastika symbol represent?.Thank youJoy Sarah Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: 269.21.8/1338 - Release 3/21/2008 5:52

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The swastika (Sanskrit svastika, " all is

well " ) is a cross with four arms of equal length, with the ends of each

arm bent at a right angle. Sometimes dots are added between each arm.

The swastika is an ancient symbol that has been

found worldwide, but it is especially common in India. Its name comes

the Sanskrit word svasti (sv = well; asti = is), meaning good fortune, luck and well-being.

The swastika is most commonly used as a charm to bring good fortune (in which case the arms are bent clockwise), but it has a variety of religious meanings as well.

The right-hand swastika is one of the 108 symbols

of the god Vishnu as well as a symbol of the sun and of the sun god

Surya. The symbol imitates in the rotation of its arms the course taken

daily by the sun, which appears in the Northern Hemisphere to pass from

east, then south, to west. (It is also a symbol of the sun among Native

Americans.)The Nazis adopted the swastika because it was

understood as an Aryan symbol indicating racial purity and superiority.

(The Nazis propagated a historical theory in which the early Aryans of

India were white invaders.)Om Hara Mara Mahadeva Shambho Hara Shankara !RegardsKiranOn Fri, Mar 28, 2008 at 4:09 PM, joysarahghillie <joysarahghillie wrote:

 

 

 

 

 

Hello

 

What does the Swastika symbol represent?.

 

Thank you

 

Joy Sarah

 

 

 

 

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Thanks everyone JoyDev Maharaj <dev_maharaj wrote: What does the Swastika symbol represent?. This is a physical representation of a cosmic swirl of energy as seen in meditation, if it is forward pointing it represents creation, if reversed it represents destruction.Best RegardsPandit Devindra MaharajMahamuni Das <mahamuni (AT) cox (DOT) net> wrote: Aum Namah Shivaya, In short, Auspiciousness. Blessings, Surya - joysarahghillie Friday, March 28, 2008 6:09 AM Swastika HelloWhat does the Swastika symbol represent?.Thank youJoy Sarah Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: 269.21.8/1338 - Release 3/21/2008 5:52 PM Never miss a thing. Make your homepage.

 

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