Hindi

स्वस्तिक

Noun

स्वस्तिक • ‎(svastik) m ‎(Urdu spelling سوستک)

1. swastika
2. a lucky or auspicious object

Declension

Sanskrit

Etymology

From सु- ‎(sú, “good, well”) + अस्ति ‎(ásti-), a verbal abstract to the root of the verb "to be", svasti thus meaning "well-being" — and the diminutive suffix क ‎(-ka); hence "little thing associated with well-being", corresponding roughly to "lucky charm". The word first appears in the Classical Sanskrit (in the Ramayana and Mahabharata epics).

Noun

स्वस्तिक • ‎(svástika) m

1. a kind of bard (who utters words of welcome or eulogy)
2. any lucky or auspicious object, especially a kind of mystical cross or mark made on persons and things to denote good luck; a swastika
3. the crossing of the arms or hands on the breast
4. a bandage in the form of a cross
5. a dish of a particular form
6. a kind of cake
7. a triangular crest-jewel
8. the meeting of four roads, a crossroad
9. a particular symbol made of ground rice and formed like a triangle (it is used in fumigating the image of durgā , and is said to symbolize the liṅga)
10. a species of garlic
11. cock
12. libertine

Declension

Noun

स्वस्तिक • ‎(svástika) n, m

1. a mansion or temple of a particular form
2. Marsilea quadrifolia
3. a particular mode of sitting practised by yogins (in which the toes are placed in the inner hollow of the knees)

Declension

Proper noun

स्वस्तिक • ‎(Svástika) m

1. name of a serpent-demon
2. name of one of Skanda's attendants
3. name of a Danava
4. name of a poet
5. name of another man

Descendants

• English: swastika
• German: Swastika
• Hindi: स्वस्तिक ‎(svastik)