In Sanskrit it is Swasti. ‘Su’ means well; ‘asti’ means being. Thus it represents well- being or good fortune.
What is Swastika ?
Later, both in Hindu and Buddhist tradition, it became symbol of law. It also implies movement, time and life and symbolizes the progress of the sun through the heavens and also sun worship. It is very old pre Vedic, indigenous to India and has mystic meaning and is an abstract representation of metaphysical forces of power. The right hand or clockwise Swastika represents evolution and the left hand or anticlockwise represents the winter sun. it is an attribute of Brahma, Vishnu, Ganesh and Shakti.
