Swastika

The Swastika almost always gets mixed up with the Nazi symbol called the "Hakenkreutz" in which the outter lines go off right of the X.

Note:
Hakenkreutz (Hah-kain-kroyt-zuh)
Swastika (Ger): (Zvah-shtee-kuh)

"Es schau'n auf's Hakenkreutz voll Hoffnung schon Millionen
Der Tag für Freiheit und für Brot bricht an!"

by Anonymous July 25, 2003

Swastika

The swastika is an equilateral cross with its arms bent at right angles either right-handed or left-handed. It is traditionally oriented so that a main line is horizontal, though it is occasionally rotated at forty-five degrees, and the Hindu version is often decorated with a dot in each quadrant. The earliest appearance of this symbol dates back to around the 5th millennium BCE. It came to be a universal symbol of good fortune, harmony, and protection. It is a cross-cultural symbol that was used by ancient American Indians, Hindus, Buddhists, Vikings, Greeks, Romans, Celts, Anglo-Saxons, Mayans, Aztecs, and Persians. For most cultures a right-handed swastika (with the top arm pointing right and the bottom arm pointing left) represented life and good luck, while a left-handed swastika (with the top arm pointing left and the bottom arm pointing right) represented death, evil, and bad luck. Counterclockwise movements are thought to send energy out (white, bright, emanating) while clockwise movements are thought to pull energy in (black, dark, devouring). Buddhists outside of India started using left-handed swastikas because the right-handed swastika was used by the Nazis. Early Christians used it as a symbol of the cross, possibly as the cross in a disguised form. In Asia it is still used to designate a church on maps and the Kanji for 10,000 is derived from the swastika, which was associated with 10,000 gods. Many Hindus and Buddhists still consider it holy. The name is derived from the Sanskrit svastika, coming from su- meaning good or well, asti meaning being, and ka meaning little. Thus swastika means little thing associated with well being. A German archealogist named Heinrich Schliemann had proposed that the swastika was a specifically Indo-European symbol and this theory had become popular for a while leading to much use of it in the West between 1880-1920. It was because of this that the Nazis took up the symbol in the early twentieth century, seeing it as a symbol of the Aryan race. Of course, not only is the symbol not a specifically Indo-European symbol, but the Aryan race is a myth (the term Aryan refers to people that were linked linguistically, but who were genetically very diverse). It is lamentable that such a beautiful and powerful symbol has been perhaps irrevocably tarnished and entangled with racism and the holaucast.

Some form of the right-handed swastika is found in almost every culture as a symbol of life and prosperity.

by Freiheit July 28, 2008

Smashticated

When you are so drunk that you are beyond normal explanations such as smashed or wasted.

The boys were absolutely smashticated after a day at the races yesterday!

by lilpixi March 3, 2009

swastika'd

the act of drawing swastikas on people's personal possessions such as a friend so they may get in to trouble or have social problems from the swastika being related to them in other's mind.

Dave: Did you hear about jimmy?
Bob: Nah, what happened to him?
Dave: I swastika'd his car and he got arrested

by Dave.davyyyyy December 7, 2016

swasticool

When neo-nazi's think something is cool

Dude, this facist government is swasticool

by HAWKSDUDE81 October 12, 2017

swastikach

A surprise penis. A sneaky one, that a person did Nazi coming until it was too late.

When she turned to walk away, he surprised her with the old swastikach.

by They call me: pseudo.....fed December 27, 2020

Swasstikaa

Swasstikaa will be the nicest person you'll ever meet. She's fun, kind and extremely caring. She cries easily but laughs more easily. She is very specific for her spelling though. She is quite popular yet lonely. If you become close to her you'll mean the world to her

Is that Swasstikaa over there? She is so charming.

by Animeweeb1234 November 21, 2021