Re: swastika

From: Michael Everson (everson@evertype.com)
Date: Tue Jun 12 2007 - 10:49:28 CDT

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At 07:12 +0800 2007-06-06, Arne Goetje wrote:

>The left handed swastika is a symbol for Buddhism, while the right
>handed one is used for Hinduism.

Both are used for a variety of purposes in both traditions and indeed
elsewhere.

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