The Design of Swastika and It's Real Meaning

 

 

During the festival of Diwali, tradition of making symbol of swastika is continued in India since the age of Vedas, from the Vedic age the tradition of making Swastika went into Harrapan civilization and subsequently it was spread over the entire world, there is no place in no corner of the world that doesn’t adore Swastika wherever we travel Europe, Australia or south America.

 

Swastika represents 4 Vedic nakshatras located at distance of 90 degrees from each other making a complete celestial circle of 360 degrees. The symbol of Swastika denotes advanced astronomical knowledge of Vedic rishis which is not found in any other ancient civilization.

 

 Let’s get into design of Vedic Swastika which is presented by Rigvedic mantra given below -

 

!! स्वस्तिनः इन्द्रो वृद्धश्रवा: स्वस्ति नः पूषा विश्ववेदाः स्वस्ति नस्तार्क्ष्यो अरिष्टनेमि स्वस्ति नो बृहस्पतिर्दधातु !!

 

Design of swastika begins with Chitra nakshatra (constellation), lorded by mighty Indra who is said to have large ears, able to hear invocations from  all directions (वृद्धश्रवा), In the rigveda, Indra is also called “Shring Vrisha” or “श्रृंगवृष” which is also found in Harappan seals, next comes the nakshatra Revati lorded by Pusha who is the knower of all world, the vishvaveda (विश्ववेदाः) , perhaps, Vedic Indians are the first among all ancient civilizations who presented humanity the supreme idea of a world’s existence beyond the region they lived and perhaps our historians of previous decades missed out the opportunity to underline the significations of this idea.

 

Chitra and Revati presents two ends of a line drawn at 180 degrees, next to Pusha it’s the nakshatra Shravan, denoted by Garuna (तार्क्ष्य) whose lord is Vishnu, the other end of the line drawn at 180 degrees is shown by Pushya nakshatra whose lord is Brihaspati (बृहस्पति) and thus these four nakshtras makes complete celestial circle of 360 degrees which are implored to bless with all round auspicious wellness indicated by 4 arms of Swastika.

 

During the month of Kartika, Sun moves onto Chitra nakstra whose lord is Indra as already said and hence in some parts of country new year is celebrated after Diwali in India.