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There are many variations of the symbol in use currently. However, they do not show all the fundamental concepts embedded in the current emblem. For example, JAINA in North America uses a modified version of the standard Jain symbol. It replaces the swastika with Om because the swastika is associated with Nazi Germany there. [4]
The swastika is a symbol with many styles and meanings and can be found in many cultures. The appropriation of the swastika by the Nazi Party is the most recognisable modern use of the symbol in the Western world. The swastika (卐 or 卍) is a symbol used in various Eurasian religions and cultures, as well as a few African and American cultures.
The swastika in the centre of the flag represents the four states of existence of soul. [4] These four states may be: heaven-beings or deities; human beings; animals, birds, insects or plants
Swastika is a symbol connoting general auspiciousness. It may represent purity of soul, truth, and stability or, alternatively, Surya, the sun. Its rotation in four directions has been used to represent many ideas, but primarily describes the four directions, the four Vedas and their harmonious whole.
Police department uses social media to address residents concerned about seeing the Nazi-appropriated symbol in town as Hindu celebration gets underway. A Facebook post on the meaning of a ...
The Jain swastika is present in the top portion, and the symbol of Ahiṃsā in the lower portion. At the bottom of the emblem is the Jain mantra, Parasparopagraho Jīvānām . According to Vilas Sangave, the mantra means "all life is bound together by mutual support and interdependence". [ 63 ]
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The swastika is a symbol sacred to multiple Indian religions – Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism. [51] Since the icon has been located in IVC artifacts, a continuum has been posited by a few scholars but it is a fringe view – Possehl finds such suppositions to be not "sound".