Swastika

[kumar69]

What does the symbol Swastika Means.
  I have seen this being used universally starting from the mayan civillization in the west to the buddhist culture in the east. I have also seen the spikes in clockwise direction in some culture and in anticlockwise direction in some.
  Is it the symbol of the galaxy are the universe?.
  Can some one throw some light on it.

regards

[suzisco]

its originally a sanskrit symbol and meant auspicious or lucky charm if memory serves me correct.  If you wore it on yourself it was a symbol of good luck.

The swastika took the origianal symbol and twisted it round and took out the small dots in it.

[tourbi]

Permanent Spiritual Victory.

There seems to be 2 ways it can be drawn, one is positive and one negative meaning inhalation.
http://reclaimtheswastika.com/symbolism/

[dhav]

i found an interesting article about swastika.i was impressed.



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swastika

dhav

[purecuban]

[color=green]The swastika is an ancient symbol that has been used for over 3,000 years. (That even predates the ancient Egyptian symbol, the Ankh!) Artifacts such as pottery and coins from ancient Troy show that the swastika was a commonly used symbol as far back as 1000 BCE.
During the following thousand years, the image of the swastika was used by many cultures around the world, including in China, Japan, India, and southern Europe. By the Middle Ages, the swastika was a well known, if not commonly used, symbol but was called by many different names:
The word "swastika" comes from the Sanskrit svastika - "su" meaning "good," "asti" meaning "to be," and "ka" as a suffix.

Until the Nazis used this symbol, the swastika was used by many cultures throughout the past 3,000 years to represent life, sun, power, strength, and good luck.

Hope it helps

[aliceswonderland]

 :smt011  :smt011 The swastika it is not a nazi or Asian symbol at all it is actually a norse rune from Germany that was taken from the original peoples of Germany, it means rebirth harvest and new life forms it also represents the seasons, it was not originally a Nazi or an Asian symbol but a Norse symbol of the runic alphabet in the bronze age Northern Europe by the Germanic tribes there. Unfortunately Hitler abused the meaning of this symbol and used it as an attack on the Jewish religions but the origin of the symbol pre dates Hitler and the Nazi. Interestingly the Asian symbol is identical but reversed and has similar meaning associated with the symbol but the name is different health goodluck and fertility.  

[suzisco]

didn't realise the runes where about in the neolithic period?

Thanks for the information aliceinwonderland.

Suzi

[tourbi]

The Oldest Known Symbol

The swastika is an ancient symbol that has been used for over 3,000 years. (That even predates the ancient Egyptian symbol, the Ankh!) Artifacts such as pottery and coins from ancient Troy show that the swastika was a commonly used symbol as far back as 1000 BCE.

During the following thousand years, the image of the swastika was used by many cultures around the world, including in China, Japan, India, and southern Europe. By the Middle Ages, the swastika was a well known, if not commonly used, symbol but was called by many different names:

   * China - wan
   * England - fylfot
   * Germany - Hakenkreuz
   * Greece - tetraskelion and gammadion
   * India - swastika

Though it is not known for exactly how long, Native Americans also have long used the symbol of the swastika.

http://history1900s.about.com/cs/swasti ... istory.htm

I didn't realize that it was associated with Ganesha.  It is on his palms.

also info here: http://www.symbols.com/encyclopedia/15/151.html

[ash1234]

The Swastika was worshipped by all cultures who worshipped the sun (Vedic Indians,Greeks,Zoroastrians of Persia,Celts etc).It is basically a sacred symbol for the sun people.The swastika represents the revolving sun, without which life cannot exist. Another theory for the origin of the swastik is that this shape was spotted by in the night sky some 7000 years ago...hence it was adopted by many cultures around the world, which were not in contact with each other. In any case it is probaely the oldest symbol known to mankind.

[shekher]

swastik may be inter4preted as to b good but how?when u r in harmony in body, mind , soul and higher spirit it will b good ur actions and thought will b good to u as well to others.
-shekher

[shekher]

swastik may be inter4preted as to b good but how?when u r in harmony in body, mind , soul and higher spirit it will b good ur actions and thought will b good to u as well to others.
-shekher