swastika

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İngilizce - Türkçe
(isim) gamalı haç
svastika; gamalı hac.Tarih öncesi dönemlerden kalma sembol. Svastika kelimesi Sanskritçe'deki su (iyi) ve aştı (olmak) kelimelerinin birleşiminden oluşmuştur. "İyi olmak, mutlu ve sağlıklı olmak" anlamlarına gelir. Svastika Hinduizm, Budizm ve Jainizm'e göre kutsaldır. Kökeni pek çok antik uygarlığa, örneğin Mayalar, Navarrolar ve Sümerler'e, M.o. 4000'li yıllara dayanır. Birinci Dünya Savaşı'ndan sonra kurulan Alman Nazi partisi ve hükümeti tarafından amblem olarak kullanılmaya başlanmıştır
svastika
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A cross with arms of equal length all bent halfway along at a 90° angle to the right or to the left, used as a religious symbol by various ancient and modern civilizations, and adopted more recently (with arms angled to the right) as a symbol of Nazism and fascism

This was signed by Dana Da, who added pentacles and pentagrams, and a crux ansata, and half-a-dozen swastikas, and a Triple Tau to his name, just to show that he was all he laid claim to be.

It is usually thought to be a charm, talisman, or religious token, esp
A swastika is a symbol in the shape of a cross with each arm bent over at right angles. It is used in India as a good luck sign, but it was also used by the Nazis in Germany as their official symbol. a sign consisting of a cross with each end bent at 90º, used as a sign for the Nazi Party in Germany (svastika, from svasti ). Equilateral cross with its arms bent at right angles, all in the same rotary direction, usually clockwise. It is used widely throughout the world as a symbol of prosperity and good fortune. In India, it continues to be the most common auspicious symbol of Hindus and Jains, as well as for Buddhists, for whom it symbolizes the Buddha's feet or footprints. In China and Japan, where it traveled with the spread of Buddhism, it has been used to denote plurality, prosperity, and long life. It occurs as a motif in early Christian and Byzantine art, as well as in Maya and Navajo art. The counterclockwise swastika, suggested as a general anti-Semitic symbol in 1910 by the German poet and nationalist Guido von List, was adopted as the symbol of the Nazi Party at its founding in 1919-20
It is found in ancient Persia, in India, where both Jains and Buddhists used (or still use) it as religious symbol, in China and Japan, and among Indian tribes of North, Central, and South America
Max MüLler distinguished from the swastika, with arms prolonged to the right, the suavastika, with arms prolonged to the left, but this distinction is not commonly recognized
Other names for the swastika are fylfot and gammadion
A symbol or ornament in the form of a Greek cross with the ends of the arms at right angles all in the same direction, and each prolonged to the height of the parallel arm of the cross
A great many modified forms exist, ogee and volute as well as rectilinear, while various decorative designs, as Greek fret or meander, are derived from or closely associated with it
The swastika is found in remains from the Bronze Age in various parts of Europe, esp
the official emblem of the Nazi Party and the Third Reich; a cross with the arms bent at right angles in a clockwise direction
at Hissarlik (Troy), and was in frequent use as late as the 10th century
{i} ancient religious symbol or ornamental figure in the shape of a Greek cross with the four arms bent at right angles; official emblem of the German Nazi party and the Third Reich
a sign of good luck or benediction
{i} fylfot

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