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Swastika: Encyclopedia - Swastika
The swastika (from Sanskrit svastika) is an equilateral cross with its arms bent at right angles either left-facing (卍) or right-facing...
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Swastika: Encyclopedia Ii - Swastika - History
The earliest swastika-like symbols preserved appear on pottery dated from around 4000 BC, as part of the "Vinca script". The Swastika sym...
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Swastika: Encyclopedia Ii - Swastika - Religion And Mythology
The swastika is found all over Hindu temples, signs, altars, pictures and iconography where it is sacred. It is used in all Hindu wedding...
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Swastika: Encyclopedia Ii - Swastika - History
The earliest swastika-like symbols preserved appear on pottery dated from around 4000 BC, as part of the "Vinca script". The Swastika sym...
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Swastika: Encyclopedia Ii - Swastika - Taboo In Western Countries
Because of its use by Hitler and the Nazis and, in modern times, by neo-Nazis and other hate groups, for many people in the West, the swa...
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Swastika: Encyclopedia Ii - Swastika - Nazi Germany
The National Socialist German Workers Party (Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei or NSDAP) formally adopted the swastika or Ha...
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Swastika: Encyclopedia Ii - Swastika - Religion And Mythology
The swastika is found all over Hindu temples, signs, altars, pictures and iconography where it is sacred. It is used in all Hindu wedding...
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Swastika: Encyclopedia Ii - Swastika - Geometry And Symbolism
Geometrically, the swastika can be regarded as an irregular icosagon or 20-sided polygon. The arms are of varying width and are often rec...
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Swastika: Encyclopedia Ii - Swastika - Art And Architecture
The swastika is common as a design motif in current Hindu architecture and Indian artwork as well as in ancient Western architecture, fre...
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Swastika: Encyclopedia Ii - Swastika - Popular Culture And Media
In 2004, Microsoft released a "critical update"[39] to remove two swastikas and a Star of David from the font Bookshelf Symbol 7. The fon...
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Swastika: Encyclopedia Ii - Swastika - Early 20th Century
The British author Rudyard Kipling, who was strongly influenced by Indian culture, had a swastika on the dust jackets of all his books un...
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Swastika: Encyclopedia Ii - Swastika - Etymology And Alternative Names
The word swastika is derived from the Sanskrit svastika (in Devanagari, स्वस्तिक), meaning any lucky or auspicious object...
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Swastika: Encyclopedia Ii - Swastika - Nazi Germany
The National Socialist German Workers Party (Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei or NSDAP) formally adopted the swastika or Ha...
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Swastika: Encyclopedia Ii - Swastika - Taboo In Western Countries
Because of its use by Hitler and the Nazis and, in modern times, by neo-Nazis and other hate groups, for many people in the West, the swa...
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Swastika: Encyclopedia Ii - Swastika - Popular Culture And Media
In 2004, Microsoft released a "critical update"[39] to remove two swastikas and a Star of David from the font Bookshelf Symbol 7. The fon...
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Swastika: Encyclopedia Ii - Swastika - Early 20th Century
The British author Rudyard Kipling, who was strongly influenced by Indian culture, had a swastika on the dust jackets of all his books un...
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Swastika: Encyclopedia Ii - Swastika - Religion And Mythology
The swastika is found all over Hindu temples, signs, altars, pictures and iconography where it is sacred. It is used in all Hindu wedding...
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Swastika: Encyclopedia Ii - Swastika - Geometry And Symbolism
Geometrically, the swastika can be regarded as an irregular icosagon or 20-sided polygon. The arms are of varying width and are often rec...
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Swastika: Encyclopedia Ii - Swastika - Art And Architecture
The swastika is common as a design motif in current Hindu architecture and Indian artwork as well as in ancient Western architecture, fre...
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Swastika: Encyclopedia Ii - Swastika - Overview
The swastika is a holy symbol in Hinduism, Jainism, Heathenry and Buddhism. In the West, it is more widely known as symbol of Nazism.
The...
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Swastika: Encyclopedia Ii - Swastika - Overview
The swastika is a holy symbol in Hinduism, Jainism, Heathenry and Buddhism. In the West, it is more widely known as symbol of Nazism.
The...
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Swastika: Encyclopedia Ii - Swastika - Overview
The swastika is a holy symbol in Hinduism, Jainism and Buddhism. In the West, it is more widely known as symbol of Nazism.
The motif seem...
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Swastika: Encyclopedia Ii - Swastika - Etymology And Alternative Names
The word swastika is derived from the Sanskrit svastika (in Devanagari, स्वस्तिक), meaning any lucky or auspicious object...
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Swastika: Encyclopedia Ii - Swastika - History
The earliest swastika-like symbols preserved appear on pottery dating to the 5th millennium BC, as part of the "Vinca script". Pottery da...
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Swastika: Encyclopedia Ii - Swastika - Taboo In Western Countries
Because of its use by Hitler and the Nazis and, in modern times, by neo-Nazis and other hate groups, for many people in the West, the swa...
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Swastika: Encyclopedia Ii - Swastika - Nazi Germany
The National Socialist German Workers Party (Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei or NSDAP) formally adopted the swastika or Ha...
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Swastika: Encyclopedia Ii - Swastika - Early 20th Century
The British author Rudyard Kipling, who was strongly influenced by Indian culture, had a swastika on the dust jackets of all his books un...
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Swastika: Encyclopedia Ii - Swastika - Geometry And Symbolism
Geometrically, the swastika can be regarded as an irregular icosagon or 20-sided polygon. The arms are of varying width and are often rec...
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Swastika: Encyclopedia Ii - Swastika - Art And Architecture
The swastika is common as a design motif in current Hindu architecture and Indian artwork as well as in ancient Western architecture, fre...
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Swastika: Encyclopedia Ii - Swastika - Etymology And Alternative Names
The word swastika is derived from the Sanskrit svastika (in Devanagari, स्वस्तिक), meaning any lucky or auspicious object...
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