A specific instance of the swastika's usuage before the Nazis is in the tradition of Jainism. It represents the four possible levels of rebirth: divine, human, netherworld, and animal. The word swastika itself means good being (sw or sv = good and asti = being). Although it is historically tainted, it is still used by the Jain faith imbedded within another symbol of the Jain faith. This was adopted in 1975 to try to keep their symbols from being confused with the Nazi symbol.