sun wheel, a name also used as a synonym for the sun cross.gammadion, tetragammadion (Greek: τέτραγαμμάδιον), or cross gammadion (Latin: crux gammata Old French: croix gammée), as each arm resembles the Greek letter Γ (gamma).fylfot, possibly meaning 'four feet,' chiefly in heraldry and architecture (See fylfot for a discussion of the etymology).ugunskrusts (fire cross), also pērkonkrusts (thundercross), kāškrusts (hook-cross), Laimas krusts (Laima's cross).cross cramponned, ~nnée, or ~nny (in heraldry), as each arm resembles a crampon or angle-iron (German: Winkelmaßkreuz).The Hindu Sanskrit term has been in use in English since 1871, replacing gammadion (from Greek γαμμάδιον).Īlternative historical English spellings of the Sanskrit word include suastika, swastica and svastica. It is composed of su- (cognate with Greek ευ-, eu-), meaning 'good, well' and asti, a verbal abstract to the root as 'to be' (cognate with the Romance copula, coming ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European root *h 1es-) svasti thus means 'well-being.' The word in this sense is first used in the Harivamsa.

The word swastika is derived from the Sanskrit word svastik (in Devanagari, स्वस्तिक), meaning any lucky or auspicious object, and in particular a mark made on persons and things to denote good luck. Though once commonly used all over much of the world without stigma, because of its iconic usage in Nazi Germany the symbol has become controversial in the Western world.

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