Swastika
"A true meaning..."
The earliest archaeological evidence of swastika-shaped ornaments dates back to the Indus Valley Civilization of Ancient India as well as Classical Antiquity.
Swastikas have also been used in various other ancient civilizations around the world.
It remains widely used in Indian religions, specifically in Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism, primarily as a tantric symbol to evoke shakti or the sacred symbol of auspiciousness.
The word "swastika" comes from the Sanskrit svastika - "su" meaning "good," "asti" meaning "to be," and "ka" as a suffix. The swastika literally means "to be good".
Or another translation can be made: "swa" is "higher self", "asti" meaning "being", and "ka" as a suffix.
So the translation can be interpreted as
"being with higher self".
An unusual swastika, composed of the Hebrew letters Aleph and Resh, appears in the 18th century Kabbalistic work "Parashat Eliezer" by Rabbi Eliezer Fischl of Strizhov, a commentary on the medieval European Jewish eschatological book "Karnayim", ascribed to Rabbi Aharon of Kardina.
The symbol is enclosed by a circle and surrounded by a cyclic hymn in Aramaic. The hymn, which refers explicitly to the power of the Sun, as well as the shape of the symbol, shows strong solar symbolism.
According to the book, this mandala-like symbol is meant to help a mystic to contemplate on the cyclic nature and structure of the Universe.
The letters are the initial and final characters of the Hebrew word, אוֹר, or "light"
Here is our first T-shirt design,we will be offering red and gold print as standard but we can pretty much do any print colour you want ,this will take a little longer. They are on Fair trade, organic and carbon neutral t-shirts.
These t-shirts are £25 in uk ( including postage.)
£27 in Europe (standard postage)
£33 in europe (signed delivery)
Other countries, please e-mail for shipping costs.
To order please e-mail us on info@swastikaclothing.co.uk with your order (t-shirt size and colour of print), postal address, and we will then send a Paypal request to you.
Once paid we will despatch the t-shirts ASAP to you.
Here are pictures of our first design, they are available in gold, red, green and magenta.
Lord Shiva
Lord Shiva is one of the major Gods in Hinduism.
In the most ancient Hindu books, The Rig Veda, shiva is known as Rudra. One of his weapons was the trisul, which is why we have incorporated it into our designs.
Lastest News
At present we are designing our t-shirt range,we have a few designs but are waiting on the screens etc to be made but they will about A3 prints andnot only will you be able to choose the t-shirt and print clour but also where you want it printed.
Please let all your friends now that we will be upand running ASAP