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swastika  

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  • The swastika (from the Sanskrit, “well-being”) is best known in the West for its 20th-century incarnation as part of Nazi propaganda. However, images of swastikas go back to ancient times. [Source: Encyclopedia of Global Religion; Swastika]

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