The swastika is an ancient religious icon in the cultures of Eurasia. The left-facing version may also be referred to as sauwastika. It is used as a symbol of divinity and spirituality in Indian religions. In the Western world, the swastika was used as an emblem of the Aryan race until the 1930s. It was used by the Nazi Party to symbolize German nationalistic pride.
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The swastika is an ancient religious icon in the cultures of Eurasia. The left-facing version may also be referred to as sauwastika. It is used as a symbol of divinity and spirituality in Indian religions, including Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism. In the Western world, the swastika was used as an emblem of the Aryan race until the 1930s. It was used by the Nazi Party to symbolize German nationalistic pride. In many Western countries, the symbol is now viewed as a. symbol of racial supremacism and intimidation because of its association. with Nazism. The word swastika has been used in the Indian subcontinent since 500 BCE. The symbol is found in the archeological remains of the Indus Valley Civilization and Samarra, as well as in early Byzantine and Christian artwork. The swastika generally takes the form of a cross, the arms of which are of equal length and perpendicular to the adjacent arms, each bent midway at a right angle. In Chinese it is called 萬字, pronounced manji in Japanese, manja in Korean and vṡn tự chữ vạn in Vietnamese. In Hindu and Buddhist cultures, the Swastika is a holy symbol. On the holiday of Diwali, Hindu households commonly use the swastikas in decorations. Many Indian auto-rickshaws feature the swastiko to ward off ill-fortune.
Reverence for the swastka symbol in Asian cultures, in contrast to the West’s stigmatization of the symbol, has led to misinterpretations and misunderstandings. It has been found in more than 1,800 samples of ancient samples of the Sanskrit swastika and its variants while digging the Hisarlik mound near the Aegean Sea coast for the Troy artifacts. The term swastika occurs frequently in the writings of Heinrich Schliemann, who discovered the swasti in 1871. It occurs more frequently in European publications with their letters used with their English transliteration system, but is pronounced closer to swastika when letters are used with the letters of the IAST system. In various forms, it is otherwise known as the fylfot, gammadion, tetraskelion, or cross cramponnée ; German: Hakenkreuz; French: croix gammée; Italian: croce uncinata; In Mongolian it is called Хас and mainly used in seals. It is alternatively spelled as suastika, and other spellings such as sustika, which is occasionally used under transliterates to svastika under IAST transliterating system, which means ‘conducive to well-being’ It was derived from the Sanskrit term suasti which is composed ofSu and Asti, and occasionally used in early 20th century, and early transliterations.
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