Flames Sun 31 Jul 2011, 01:40
I wasn't aware of just how wide spread the symbol was. Apparently, it originated from the Hindu, originally meaning "Life is Good." 
I haven't been able to understand the huge significance The Nazis had in choosing this particular symbol, and then rotating it from it's original form.
In Sanskrit, the proper spelling of the word swastika is svastika. Sanskrit has no 'w'. Literally, the word svastika is a statement of affirmation, "It is!" "Life is good!" "There is value" "There is meaning!" Svastika is a term that affirms the positive values of life. The word is made of su + as. "As" is the root of the copular verb "to be" of which the third person singular is, "asti," "it is." Su is a prefix used in Sanskrit to intensify meaning in a positive way, thus su+asti means literally, "it really is!" When combined, the 'u' changes into a 'v' thus giving the form svasti. The ending 'ka' makes this verbal form into a noun. This is the linguistic morphology of the word, svastika.
http://www.sanskrit.org/www/Hindu%20Primer/swastika.html 
