The Birth of Tcl

Re:The Birth of Tcl by chakkepolja on Friday April 22, 2022 @09:21AM (#31121231)

I am curious as to what most westerners react when they see a Hindu swastika? Is it common knowledge that there's a Hindu/Buddhist swastika or is it percieved as Nazi swastika?

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Re:The Birth of Tcl by cafard on Friday April 22, 2022 @09:51AM (#31121503)

It was a Native American symbol also. It was on the insignia of the 45th Division, a National Guard unit from the American southwest; but as WW II approached, it was swapped for a thunderbird.

Kipling used a Hindu swastika on his books. He also, I believe, discontinued this with the rise of the Nazis. Don't those arms point counter-clockwise, though?

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Re:The Birth of Tcl by chakkepolja on Saturday April 23, 2022 @04:44AM (#31132498)

Buddhist swastika is counterclockwise. Hindu Swastika is clockwise. None of them are tilted like Nazi swastika, though.

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Re:The Birth of Tcl by cafard on Saturday April 23, 2022 @09:26PM (#31140419)

Ah. Then it was the Buddhist swastika Kipling used.

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