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[[Image:Swastika-HindiBook.jpg|thumb|right|200px|An example of a swastika on a Hindi book.]]

[[Image:Swastika-HindiBook.jpg|thumb|right|200px|An example of a swastika on a Hindi book.]]

'''Swastika''' (Sanskrit: ''svástika'' स्वस्तिक; "well-being"; German: ''hakenkreuz''; "hooked cross") is an ancient symbol usually associated with Eastern religions or as decorative art as early as the [[Bronze Age]]; its use in [[Germany]] as an emblem for the [[Nazi Party]] made it one of the most recognizable symbols of hated in history.

'''Swastika''' (Sanskrit: ''svástika'' स्वस्तिक; "well-being"; German: ''hakenkreuz''; "hooked cross") is an ancient symbol usually associated with Eastern religions or as decorative art as early as the [[Bronze Age]]; its use in [[Germany]] as an emblem for the [[Nazi Party]] made it one of the most recognizable symbols of hatred in history.

The swastika is an even cross based on the dimentions of a square, with the arms of the cross bent at right angles either clockwise or counter-clockwise; usually most religious instances of the swastika are "left facing", while Nazi use has it "right facing". <ref>[http://www.symbols.com/encyclopedia/15/151.html http://www.symbols.com/encyclopedia/15/151.html]</ref>

The swastika is an even cross based on the dimentions of a square, with the arms of the cross bent at right angles either clockwise or counter-clockwise; usually most religious instances of the swastika are "left facing", while Nazi use has it "right facing". <ref>[http://www.symbols.com/encyclopedia/15/151.html http://www.symbols.com/encyclopedia/15/151.html]</ref>