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svastika

Svastika (स्वस्तिक) or Svastikasana, Sitting cross-legged with the toes of the feet touching the opposite knees.

Svastikāsana (स्वस्तिकासन) or Svastika, Sitting cross-legged with the toes of the feet touching the opposite knees.

Svetambara in Sanskrit means “white-clad”, and refers to its ascetics’ practice of wearing white clothes. See Digambara