{"id":18183,"date":"2022-11-06T14:06:19","date_gmt":"2022-11-06T14:06:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mastermindcontent.co.uk\/?p=18183"},"modified":"2023-02-23T12:04:09","modified_gmt":"2023-02-23T12:04:09","slug":"the-symbolic-meaning-of-the-swastika","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mastermindcontent.co.uk\/the-symbolic-meaning-of-the-swastika\/","title":{"rendered":"The Symbolic Meaning of the Swastika\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
But its original interpretation is quite different. The swastika\u2019s true meaning is given as being \u201cconducive to well-being\u201d or more often with \u201cgood luck\u201d and \u201cprosperity\u201d. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The modern English word has roots in the ancient Sanskrit, su,<\/em> meaning good and asti<\/em>, meaning to prevail. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The origins of the swastika have been traced back as far as the 13th BCE. Britannica Encyclopaedia<\/a> reports: <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe earliest known use of the swastika symbol\u2014an equilateral cross with arms bent to the right at 90\u00b0 angles\u2014was discovered carved on a 15,000-year-old ivory figurine of a bird made from mammoth tusk.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n To this day, the swastika is an auspicious symbol in Hinduism, Jainism and Buddhism. The first use of the word was in Panini’s<\/a> Ashtadhyayi<\/em> sometime between the 4-6th centuries BCE. Scholars can\u2019t agree on more accurate dating. <\/p>\n\n\n\n What we do know is the swastika was adopted by Europeans and is found all throughout Eurasia and as far as Italy and Spain. <\/p>\n\n\nGood will prevail. <\/h3>\n\n\n\n