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Sathya ..... a facinating symbol except for ...
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Posted by Catherine Cartwright Jones on March 14, 2000 at 18:56:16:
In Reply to: question about a symbol on henna pattern posted by Lucida on March 14, 2000 at 17:37:03:
In many civilizations, the bent-armed cross symbol (swastika) once was a symbol of health, well-beiing and good fortune. It was generally regarded as a symbol of the sun. I've seen it in art from 7000 years ago. It has certainly been an auspicious symbol in India thousands of years, as well as nearly all of Asia and in Native America. In Buddhist art, the swastika was the heart of the Buddha. A very unpleasant ( and un-Buddha-like)little man named Adolph spoiled that symbol for all of us in the 1940's. The swastika, called "Sathya" in India and "Wan" in China, has been one of the most widespread and long used patterns in Indian religious art .... and in Indian henna and Rangoli also. The good thing about the Indian Sathya is that there are endless variations that carry all the good vibes of the sun wheel, without the bad vibes of the Nazis. If you want henna patterns, and some rangoli patterns that are Sathya patterns that DO NOT look like the Nazi symbol..... email me. I can email you gifs of sathya and wan patterns. Sathyas (swastikas, wans) are beautiful patterns, with a (mostly) wonderful history.
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