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(11) ‘This emblem (the ancient mystic emblem of the Bon Religion Tungdrung 卐) in my view was invented to represent the Sun as the creator of East, South, West, and North, the little mark at the end of each line indicating the inclination of the sun to proceed from one point to the other.’ ‘Rev. A. W. Heyde of Ghūm tells me that Yungdrung as a monogram is said to be composed of the two syllables, 𑀲 su and 𑀢𑀺 ti, suti = Svasti.’ Mr. A. H. Francke. (Ladakhi pre-Buddhist marriage Ritual, *Ind. Ant.*, Vol. xxx, p. 132, paras. 1, 4.)