Re: Swastika to be banned by Microsoft?

From: Christopher John Fynn (cfynn@gmx.net)
Date: Sun Dec 14 2003 - 11:48:43 EST

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    At 14:56 +0100 2003-12-14, Philippe Verdy wrote:

    >May be the Unicode name should not be swastika but a transliteration of an
    >Asian name (Tibetan, Chinese Pinyin...), and all references to "swastika"
    >(included in code charts, and the name index) removed if they ever occur
    >somewhere in the standard or in a proposal.

    "Swastika" *is* an Asian name - from the Sanskrit svastika "prosperity" from
    svastik "good-luck". It is still widely used in India, e.g. in the south people
    paint it at the entrance to their houses, and it's glyph found in a number of
    legacy Indic script fonts.

    It is the main symbol of the Tibetan Bon religion which is also called
    Yungdrung Bon or (i.e. Swastika Bon).

    Banning this ancient symbol would be offensive to Bonpos and many Hindus &
    Buddhists.

    - Chris



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