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Re: Swastika
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To: alt-hindu@uunet.uu.net
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Subject: Re: Swastika
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From: sanjay@doc.cc.utexas.edu (SANJAY VOHRA)
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Date: 13 Jul 1995 20:07:09 GMT
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From news@geraldo.cc.utexas.edu Thu Jul 13 15: 55:26 1995
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Newsgroups: alt.hindu
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Organization: The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas
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References: <3tuje9$7j8@babbage.ece.uc.edu>
raj vardhan singh (singh-rv@cis.ohio-state.edu) wrote:
: Another motif found in Hinduism is that of the six-pointed star
: (similar to Star of David). One interpretation I have come across is
: that it represents yoga - the union of humanity with divinity.
: ^
: / \
: / \
: <--------------------->
: \ / \ /
: \ / \ /
: \ / \ /
: X X
: / \ / \
: / \ / \
: / * \ / * \
: <_______>_____<_______>
: \ /
: \ /
: V
: The swastikas are where the two asterisks are.
I think the shri ganesh or swastik represents the cyclic movement of the
cosmos and creation.
sv
