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<p>[QUOTE="Rayo56, post: 229277, member: 2022"]Wasn't the swastika emblem a sign of goodluck previous before the Germans used it ? Maybe in India they never got the word</p><p><br /></p><p>Found this on the internet:</p><p><br /></p><p><font size="4"><b>THE ORIGINAL MEANING</b></font></p><p>The word "swastika" comes from the Sanskrit <i>svastika</i> - "su" meaning "good," "asti" meaning "to be," and "ka" as a suffix.</p><p><br /></p><p>Until the Nazis used this symbol, the swastika was used by many cultures throughout the past 3,000 years to represent life, sun, power, strength, and good luck.</p><p><br /></p><p>Even in the early twentieth century, the swastika was still a symbol with positive connotations. For instance, the swastika was a common decoration that often adorned cigarette cases, postcards, coins, and buildings.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>During <a href="https://www.thoughtco.com/world-war-i-p2-1779985" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.thoughtco.com/world-war-i-p2-1779985" rel="nofollow">World War I</a>, the swastika could even be found on the shoulder patches of the American 45th Division and on the Finnish air force until after <a href="https://www.thoughtco.com/world-war-ii-1779971" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.thoughtco.com/world-war-ii-1779971" rel="nofollow">World War II</a>.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Rayo56, post: 229277, member: 2022"]Wasn't the swastika emblem a sign of goodluck previous before the Germans used it ? Maybe in India they never got the word Found this on the internet: [SIZE=4][B]THE ORIGINAL MEANING[/B][/SIZE] The word "swastika" comes from the Sanskrit [I]svastika[/I] - "su" meaning "good," "asti" meaning "to be," and "ka" as a suffix. Until the Nazis used this symbol, the swastika was used by many cultures throughout the past 3,000 years to represent life, sun, power, strength, and good luck. Even in the early twentieth century, the swastika was still a symbol with positive connotations. For instance, the swastika was a common decoration that often adorned cigarette cases, postcards, coins, and buildings. During [URL='https://www.thoughtco.com/world-war-i-p2-1779985']World War I[/URL], the swastika could even be found on the shoulder patches of the American 45th Division and on the Finnish air force until after [URL='https://www.thoughtco.com/world-war-ii-1779971']World War II[/URL].[/QUOTE]
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