Svāstika

Svāstika (g.yung drung)

• One of the thirty-two designated major marks characterising the buddha-body of emanation (Skt. nirmāṇakāya). In the context of the present work, the svāstika symbol appears at the centre of the moderately auspicious trigram formations known as Intimate of Luck (phyva lon), and Average Luck (phyva g.yang). GD (from the Glossary to Tibetan Elemental Divination Paintings)