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Swastika | The swastika symbol, 卐 or 卍, today primarily recognized in the West for its use by the Nazi party, is an ancient religious icon in various Eurasian cultures.

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Swastika | It is used as a symbol of divinity and spirituality in Indian religions, including Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism.

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Swastika | It 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.

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Swastika | The word swastika comes from Sanskrit: स्वस्तिक, romanized: svastika, meaning "conducive to well-being"
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In Hinduism, the right-facing symbol (clockwise) (卐) is called swastika, symbolizing surya ("sun"), prosperity and good luck, while the left-facing symbol (anti-clockwise) (卍) is called sauwastika, symbolising night or tantric aspects of Kali.

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Swastika | In Jainism, it is the symbol for Suparshvanatha – the seventh of 24 Tirthankaras (spiritual teachers and saviours), while in Buddhism it symbolises the auspicious footprints of the Buddha.

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Swastika | The flag of Nazi Germany, officially the flag of the German Reich, featured a red background with a black swastika on a white disc. This flag came into use initially as the banner of the Nazi Party (NSDAP) after its foundation.

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Swastika | The Nazi flag takes its colours from the imperial tricolour, with Hitler writing that he "was always for keeping the old colours," because he saw them as his "most sacred possession" as a soldier, and also because they suited his personal taste.
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Hitler added new symbolism to the colours:"[t]he red expressed the social thought underlying the movement. White the national thought," & the black swastika was an emblem of the "Aryan race" & "the ideal of creative work which is in itself and always will be anti-Semitic."
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