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swastika

noun

  1. a geometrical figure and an ancient religious icon in the cultures of Eurasia not to be confused with the Hakenkreuz.
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Pronunciation: /ˈswɒstɪkə/ / /ˈswɒstəkə/ / /ˈswɑstɪkə/

name

Etymology: Etymology tree Sanskrit स्वस्तिका (svastikā)bor. English Swastika Borrowed from Sanskrit स्वस्तिका (svastikā).

  1. A female given name from Sanskrit used in India.

noun

Etymology: Learned borrowing from Sanskrit स्वस्तिक (svastika), from सु- (su-, “good, well”) + अस्ति (asti), a verbal abstract of the root of the verb "to be", स्वस्ति (svasti) thus meaning "well-being" — and the diminutive suffix क (ka); hence "little thing associated with well-being", corresponding roughly to "lucky charm". First attestation in English in 1871, a Sanskritism that replaced the Grecian term gammadion. From 1932 onwards it often referred specifically to the version used by the National Socialist German Workers’ Party (also called the "hooked cross", or German Hakenkreuz).

  1. A cross with arms of equal length all bent halfway along at a 90° angle to the right or to the left, used as a religious symbol by various ancient and modern civilizations, but now mainly seen and used in the West (with arms angled to the right) as a symbol of Nazism and fascism.

    “This was signed by Dana Da, who added pentacles and pentagrams, and a crux ansata, and half-a-dozen swastikas, and a Triple Tau to his name, just to show that he was all he laid claim to be.”

    “It is clear from archaeological finds that they enjoyed wearing Christian crosses, though they might enliven these with such symbols as the Indian swastika which Buddhists had brought them.”

  2. Nazi rule.

    “"Is that what you think of me? I believe in the Grail, not the Swastika!"”

    ““I can’t imagine anyone believes in Communist culprits instead of a contract job commissioned on behalf of the swastika.””