The Swastikam

The Swastikam/Swastika , also known as hackenkreuz, gamma cross, gammadion etc. is a 3,000 years old sign, which was a sign of good luck. The word "swastika" comes from the sanskrit "suastika"- "su" meaning "good", "asti" meaning "to be" and "ka" as a suffix. ₁

The Swastikam is a very religious symbol for the Hindus and for the Buddhists, from the eastern countries of the world. This symbol is still being used widely in india. It is still considered as a good luck sign here, because of the religious terms. They also uses the sign in there temples.



In the western countries the meaning of the sign Swastika is totally different, in fact in western countries it means just opposite, here it stands for hate and bad luck. After world war II western countries started hating this swastika, because this sign was being used by the Nazis. It was adopted as the National Socialist Party of Germany in 1920. and came out as the most hated sign of the history of the mankind.



E. Phillips, a U.S. card publisher speaks for the universally high regard in which he said, "The swastika was held as a good luck token before use by the Nazis corrupted its meaning."

The meaning of the sign Swastika differs very much from the eastern countries to the western ones. for one part it is still a religious sign and a good luck sign, and for others, it is a sign of bad luck.

1: The History of theSwastika, by Jennifer Rosenberg.
http://history1900s.about.com/cs/swastika/a/swastikahistory.htm