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SWASTIKA

BY: KAYLA ALSTON. SWASTIKA. What a swastika looks like . Description of a swastika. The swastika is an extremely powerful symbol. The Nazis used it to murder millions of people, but for centuries it had a positive meaning. . What swastika means .

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SWASTIKA

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  1. BY: KAYLA ALSTON SWASTIKA

  2. What a swastika looks like.

  3. Description of a swastika • The swastika is an extremely powerful symbol. • The Nazis used it to murder millions of people, but for centuries it had a positive meaning.

  4. What swastika means. • The word "swastika" comes from the Sanskrit svastika - "su" meaning "good," "asti" meaning "to be," and "ka" as a suffix.

  5. What the swastika was used for. • Until the Nazis used this symbol the swastika was used by many cultures throughout the past 3000 years, to represent life, sun, power, strength, and good luck.

  6. What does swastika mean now? • There is a great debate as to what the swastika means now. For 3,000 years, the swastika meant life and good luck. But because of the Nazis, it has also taken on a meaning of death and hate. • These conflicting meanings are causing problems in today's society. For Buddhists and Hindus, the swastika is a very religious symbol that is commonly used. Chirag Badlani shares a story about one time when he went to make some photocopies of some Hindu Gods for his temple. While standing in line to pay for the photocopies, some people behind him in line noticed that one of the pictures had a swastika. They called him a Nazi. • Unfortunately, the Nazis were so effective at their use of the swastika emblem, that many do not even know any other meaning for the swastika. Can there be two completely opposite meanings for one symbol?

  7. Different swastikas.

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