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Swastika, in essence
From Sanskrit, svastika, good fortune (4000 BC).
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Represented happiness, greeting and salvation among Brahmans. |
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Is one of the oldest and most complex prehistoric and universal symbols. |
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Ancient symbol of the Aryans, interpreted as a non-economic representation of the Sun, its supreme deity, and Dayus, god of heaven. |
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On different occasions suggested as representing the four cardinal points; the four quarters of the moon; the centre, and others. |
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Other meanings for the swastika would be: a conventionalised human form of two arms and two legs; the union between mail and female principles; dynamics and statics; harmony and balance. |
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The swastika appears associated to gods and goddesses, and is found on altars, statues, ceramics, weapons, dresses and coins. In every circumstance it is a symbol of good luck, good wishes for health, happiness and life. |
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There are two ways of drawing the swastika, used to symbolize the male and female, sun and moon. Normally, the inverted swastika is associated with the female figure. The symbol in clockwork direction is yang, against the inverse yin. |
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