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Old 08-20-2006, 06:53 AM
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Originally Posted by KAY10
Wow. I didn't know the swastika was used before the Nazis used it. Kool. I learned something.
Yep, this is from about.com:

"The word "swastika" comes from the Sanskrit svastika - "su" meaning "good," "asti" meaning "to be," and "ka" as a suffix.

Until the Nazis used this symbol, the swastika was used by many cultures throughout the past 3,000 years to represent life, sun, power, strength, and good luck."