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*Swastika - A Symbol of Auspicious Knowledge -1*

*Om Swasti N~indro Vradhashravaha, Swasti Naha Pusha Vishvavedaha |

Swasti Nastakshryo~aristanemihi, Swasti No Brihaspatirdadhatu ||*

 

This sacred hymn of the Yajur-veda is a swastivachana - a prayer, an ardent

aspiration, for the highest good and well-being of all beings, of

everything, of the whole universe…. Heart-felt chanting of this hymn is an

integral part of initiating every religious sacrament or important familial

ceremony in the vedic cultural rituals. It conveys the core meaning hidden

in the vedic symbol of swastika. The term

swastika<http://www.akhandjyoti.org/?Akhand-Jyoti/2005/Jan-Feb/SwastikasymbolKno\

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from the Sanskrit word swasti = su (good) + asti (being).

 

As a symbol,

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a line-design invented by the vedic sages. Its specific geometry is

believed to have some relation with certain natural energy fields. It is

drawn as a cross with equal arms when all the arms are continued as far

again at right angles clockwise. The sublime effects, in terms of the cosmic

energy currents superimposed in the unique pattern of swastika, correspond

to what the

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-- auspiciousness, well-being. The clockwise (dakshinavarta)

direction is of significant importance, as it also happens to be the

direction of movement (as we see it on the earth) of the sun, which rises in

the east and sets in the west. The four sides of the

swastika<http://www.akhandjyoti.org/?Akhand-Jyoti/2005/Jan-Feb/SwastikasymbolKno\

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represent the four principal directions.

 

The symbol of

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being used as a holy sign in India since the time of yore. Scriptural

descriptions define it as a divine symbol that encompasses (in coded form)

several important meanings and mysterious formulae or signs representing

specific energy cycles in the universe. The " Halayudh Kosha " regards it as

prominent among the twenty-four symbols of significance in the Indian

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ure/>and

states -- Chaturvinshanti Chinhantargata Chinha Vishesha. The same

scripture also refers to it as chatushpatha - four paths emerging

symmetrically in four directions from a common origin. The seed-syllable

(sounding like " gam " in the Vedic script) of the Ganapati

Mantra<http://www.akhandjyoti.org/?Akhand-Jyoti/2004/May-June/OnStructureEffects\

Mantras/>resembles

the swastika. This seed syllable together with the four segments

(chatushtaya) of the

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Mantras/>seems

to be encapsulated in the

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wledge/>symbol.

 

In some scriptures, four divine powers governing the physical system of

Nature are said to be subtly present around its four sides: Vradhdashrava

Indra in the east, Brahaspati Indra in the south, Pusha-Vishwaveda Indra in

the west and Arishtanemi Indra in the north. Scholars of vedic literature

also interpret the

swastika<http://www.akhandjyoti.org/?Akhand-Jyoti/2005/Jan-Feb/SwastikasymbolKno\

wledge/>symbol

as the coded design of the electromagnetic / magnetic energy fields

around the solar system’s nucleus.

 

 

to be continued ...

 

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Venkat Koppaka