Re: Hindu Holy Symbol
From CJRandall <col...@shieldwolf.demon.co.uk>
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· 6 Feb 1999 00:00 · View full thread
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Daniel Beer <dlb...@geocities.com> writes >> __ >> /_/\ >> _\ \ \ >> / /\_\ \ >> / / \/ /_ >>/_/ /\ / /\ >>\_\/ / \/ / >> /_/ /\ / >> \ \ \_\/ >> \ \ \ >> \_\/ >> >>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) > _ _______ >| | | _____| >| | | | >| | O | | O >| |___| |_____ >|_____ ___ | > | | | | > O | | O | | > _____| | | | >|_______| |_| dlb > > > __ ___ __ > /\ \/\_ \ /\ \ ============================================ > \_\ \//\ \\ \ \____ Daniel Beer <dlb...@geocities.com> > /'_` \\ \ \\ \ '__`\ "This is Dogbert. How may I abuse you?" >/\ \L\ \\_\ \\ \ \L\ \ -- Dogbert, The Joy of Work >\ \___,_Y\____\ \_,__/ ============================================ > \/__,_ |/____/\/___/ yep ... i remember the dots too ... here are variations without the serifs (or arms) _ | | | | O | | O _____| |_____ |_____ _____| | | O | | O | | |_| dlb \ // \\ / / \ \ | | O | | O _ _ ____| |____/_\_.-._ _ /_\_/____ ____/ \_/ '-' \_/ | | O | | O | | dlb \ \ / / \\ // \ [][ see yuz [][ colin -- . /\_/\ ( () |_ | |\| _/ |? .\ |\| |) .\ |_ |_ :( a a( CJRandall http://www.shieldwolf.demon.co.uk ' \___") <tHISsIGiStHEoNLYpROMOmYwEBsITEgETSaNYWAY:>
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f996b,4c747ac4ffa27f03 X-Google-Attributes: gidf996b,public From: CJRandall <col...@shieldwolf.demon.co.uk> Subject: Re: Hindu Holy Symbol Date: 1999/02/06 Message-ID: <y$hZh...@shieldwolf.demon.co.uk>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 441432029 X-NNTP-Posting-Host: shieldwolf.demon.co.uk:193.237.26.148 References: <199...@replay.com> <wxO...@shieldwolf.demon.co.uk> <36b...@news.xtra.co.nz> X-Complaints-To: abu...@demon.net X-Trace: news.demon.co.uk 918328108 nnrp-07:23206 NO-IDENT shieldwolf.demon.co.uk:193.237.26.148 Organization: me? organised? MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art
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