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  2. Swastika - Wikipedia

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    In all these cultures, swastika symbols do not appear to occupy any marked position or significance, appearing as just one form of a series of similar symbols of varying complexity. In the Zoroastrian religion of Persia, the swastika was a symbol of the revolving sun, infinity, or continuing creation.

  3. Jain symbols - Wikipedia

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    In the top portion, the swastika symbol is present. The symbol of hand in the lower portion shows fearlessness and symbolizes the feeling of ahimsa towards all the creatures in this world. The circle in the middle of the hand symbolizes saṃsāra and the 24 spokes represent the preachings from the 24 Tirthankaras , which can be used to ...

  4. Religious symbol - Wikipedia

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    A religious symbol is an iconic representation intended to represent a specific ... a swastika is the symbol for Suparshvanatha – the 7th of 24 Tirthankaras ...

  5. Hindu iconography - Wikipedia

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    Swastika is a symbol connoting general auspiciousness. It may represent purity of soul, truth, and stability or, alternatively, Surya, the sun. Its rotation in four directions has been used to represent many ideas, but primarily describes the four directions, the four Vedas and their harmonious whole.

  6. Asian faiths try to save swastika symbol corrupted by Hitler

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    The equilateral cross with its legs bent at right angles is a millennia-old sacred symbol in Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism that represents peace and good fortune, and was also used widely by ...

  7. Western use of the swastika in the early 20th century

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    Postcard sent in June 1910. This card was among those made by the Stanford Card Co. in Brooklyn, New York. [1]The swastika (from Sanskrit svástika) is an ancient Eurasian religious symbol that generally takes the form of an equilateral cross with four legs each bent at 90 degrees in either right-facing (卐) form or left-facing (卍) form.

  8. File:HinduSwastika.svg - Wikipedia

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    English: Swastika It symbolizes Harmony, Lord Ganesh has it on his right hand. Differs from other uses of swastika by the four dots inside each of the four arms. Also, it is always drawn with the four inner arms at 0, 90, 180 and 270 degrees on the compass, unlike other inscriptions where the inner arms are in the form of an 'X'.

  9. A Facebook post on the meaning of a swastika blew up in this ...

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    We are trying to eliminate any unwarranted hostility toward any person displaying this for their religious purposes." The swastika is the ancient East Asian symbol appropriated as the emblem of ...