Antonio Menezes wrote: An excellent suggestion, Eric, that the unique symbol for the Indian Rupee should be the Swastika. Swastika in the Hindu Dharma represents general well being of the humanity. As for the Deutschlanders of ''uber alles '' fame and the Israelis should have no qualms about it. The Bharatiya Swastika is presented in North South and East West direction. whereas the Swastika of you know who , ran from NE to SW and from NW to SE.
----------- This is factually incorrect. -------------- Geometrically, the Swastika can be regarded as (the area inside of) an irregular icosagon or 20-sided polygon. The proportions of the Nazi swastika were fixed based on a 5x5 diagonal grid. Characteristic is the 90° rotational symmetry and chirality, hence the absence of reflectional symmetry, and the existence of two versions of swastikas that are each other's mirror image. The mirror-image forms are often described as: * clockwise and counterclockwise; * left-facing and right-facing; * left-hand and right-hand. "Left-facing" and "right-facing" are used mostly consistently referring to the upper arm of an upright swastika facing either to the viewer's left (卍) or right (卐). The other two descriptions are ambiguous as it is unclear whether they refer to the arms as leading or being dragged or whether their bending is viewed outward or inward. However, "clockwise" usually refers to the "right-facing" swastika. The terms are used inconsistently (sometimes even by the same writer), which is confusing and may obfuscate an important point, that the rotation of the swastika may have symbolic relevance, although little is known about this symbolic relevance. Less ambiguous terms might be "clockwise-pointing" and "counterclockwise-pointing." Nazi ensigns had a through and through image, so both versions were present, one on each side, but the Nazi flag on land was right-facing on both sides and at a 45° rotation. The name "sauwastika" is sometimes given to the left-facing form of the swastika (卍). ---------------- Read and learn more at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swastika Cheers! Cecil ===========