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Old 01-30-2013, 04:32 PM  
TisMe
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Originally Posted by P.G.R. View Post
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swastika

"The word "swastika" comes from the Sanskrit svastika - "su" meaning "good," "asti" meaning "to be," and "ka" as a suffix. The swastika literally means "to be good". Or another translation can be made: "swa" is "higher self", "asti" meaning "being", and "ka" as a suffix, so the translation can be interpreted as "being with higher self"."


Regardless of what it meant when Sanskrit was a "live" language, it is now remembered as the symbol of the Nazis.

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