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Swastika

noun

(Also suastica, svastika, etc)

The official emblem of the Nazi Party and the Third Reich; a cross with the arms bent at right angles in a clockwise direction. Synonym: Hakenkreuz.

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"Swastika" Quotes from Famous Books

... Gautama, and passed their days in joy and happiness. Behold, O Partha, those forests of delightful Pippalas and beautiful Lodhras standing near the side of Gautama's abode. There dwelt in old days those Nagas, Arvuda and Sakravapin, those persecutors of all enemies, as also the Naga Swastika and that other excellent Naga called Manu. Manu himself had ordered the country of the Magadhas to be never afflicted with drought, and Kaushika and Manimat also have favoured the country. Owning such a delightful and ...

— The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Part 2 • Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa

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Words linked to "Swastika" : tetraskele, tetraskelion, allegory, Deutschland, emblem, Germany, FRG, Federal Republic of Germany