What Does The Hindu Swastika Stand For?

I've seen the Hindu swastika before, and the Buddha swastika before, and I wanted to know what exactly they stood for. I know they are completely different than the Nazi swastika, but how different. Can anyone tell me what exactly it means?

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The Hindu sun god I think, not sure

The Buddhist Swastika is pure gayness, so I think the Hindi Swastika is a representation of Surya, the Hindu lord of the sun.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surya
The swastika is a symbol for Surya.

Probably shouldn't call it a swastika, since it isn't really one...?

It is a symbol for infinity.

The word swastika is derived from the Sanskrit swastika (in Devanagari, S'S'sg any lucky or auspicious object, and in particular a mark
made on persons and things to denote good luck. It is composed of Si- (cognate with Greek A-, "EU-"), meaning "good, well" and as ti a verbal abstract to the root as "to be"; avast thus means "well-being". The suffix -ka forms a diminutive, and svastika might thus be translated literally as "little thing associated with well-being".

The swastika symbol is one of the oldest symbols on the Earth and can be found in all religions and traditions, on all continents!
http://www.proswastika.org/page.php?2

Coca-cola Swastika
http://www.thefirstpost.co.uk/features/2?
American Swastika Flag
http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l3kdyy?
American Swastika Postcard
http://www.bleedinggreen.com/GG2000/gg-0?
Used in Asian Countries to denote where Buddhist Temples are located:
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3288/3010930372_226f3bfda2.jpg
Amitabha Buddha with Swastika Shield
http://budaedu.org/book-img/CoverL/BP001.jpg
The Buddhist Swastika Vs. Nazi Hakenkreuz
hhttp://www.flickr.com/photos/49337086@N07/4525274963/
This is a very good Movie:
http://www.tudou.com/programs/view/NGNumKm_32U/

It is one of the 108 symbols of the Hindu god Vishnu,


Earliest archaeological evidence of swastika shapes date back to the Indus Valley Civilization.


It is also a symbol in the Buddhism.

"I know they are completely different than the Nazi swastika"
I thought that too up until last week when I went to the Buddhist temple with my wife.
From the outside I took a good look around while she was doing her thing and noticed the swastika and thought, yeah well the Nazi one goes the other way... but then I noticed another swastika behind a warrior of some kind and it was going the other way so now I'm completely confused.

I'll find the answers out one day.
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AS one of the persons who answered the question says "It is one of the OLDEST symbols used by almost every Ancient Civilisation,one can think of.

As mentioned in Wikipedia---in 10,000 B.C.E.(almost 12,000 years before) Zwathika is found in Paleolithic culture near Kiev--
Neolithic Europe,
Balkans,
Samarra(4000 BCE)
Mesapotamia,
Africa,
Kush,
Caucusus
Korban Culture,Greeks
Germanic
Slavic(Russian)
Hans
Chinese
Mangolian
Pre-Vedhic Indus Valley
Lothal
Harappan
Let somebody name atleast one Ancient Civilation which has NOT used Zwasthika

Why to ask repeatedly about Hindus only ?---