Definition of Swastica

1. swastika [n -S] - See also: swastika

Lexicographical Neighbors of Swastica

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swashed
swasher
swashers
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swashier
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swashing
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swastica (current term)
swasticas
swastika
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swatchel
swatchels
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swath
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swather
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swathes

Literary usage of Swastica

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Notes on the Religious, Moral, and Political State of India Before the by Sykes (William Henry), Faxian (1841)
"It is also found with the other Buddhist emblems, wheel and swastica, ... Emblem 8 is the celebrated swastica, or Buddhist cross; it was also the type of ..."

2. Biblia by Charles Henry Stanley Davis (1898)
"187), Herr Schick figured the swastica, but did not state the places in which he had found ... We have now in America a very valuable book on the swastica, ..."

3. The Word by Harold Waldwin Percival (1917)
"We should now like to say a few words about the swastica or four-footed cross. It has more than one form. This symbol was universally used in old times, ..."

4. Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland by Society of Antiquaries of Scotland (1897)
"on another stone at Meigle.2 Groups of men placed swastica-fashion are used in the decoration of the Book of Kelts;3 the Lismore Crozier;* the north cross ..."

5. A History of Architecture in All Countries: From the Earliest Times to the by James Fergusson (1876)
"When we look a little more closely into it, however, we do detect the swastica and shield emblem attached to the Aira inscription, and the shield and trisul ..."

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