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Original Usenet message from alt.ascii-art, 1 Feb 1999.

                            
    
    
Re: Hindu Holy Symbol
    
                        


                                            

                

            

        


    

        

            

                

                    
Re: Hindu Holy Symbol

                    

                        From Daniel Beer <dlb...@geocities.com>
                        · alt.ascii-art
                        · 1 Feb 1999 00:00                                                    · View full thread
                                            

                

            

        


        

            

                

                    

                        
On Thu, 28 Jan 1999 23:29:01 +0000, CJRandall <col...@shieldwolf.demon.co.uk>
wrote:

>Anonymous <nob...@replay.com> writes
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>[snipped nazi symbol of despair]
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>i saw this symbol in a hindu temple at Mutthra, India

Yep, it's a Hindu religious symbol.  The version I saw was going clockwise and
had dots around it.  Also, some terminology:

  Female swastika = arms going clockwise (see below)
  Male swastika   = arms going anti-clockwise (see above)
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|_______|   |_| dlb


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/\ \L\ \\_\ \\ \ \L\ \    -- Dogbert, The Joy of Work
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