According to The Catholic Encyclopedia, "the primitive form of the cross seems to have been that of the so-called 'gamma' cross (crux gammata), better known to Orientalists and students of prehistoric archæology by its Sanskrit name, swastika."
Go ya ka buka ya tshedimosetso ya The Catholic Encyclopedia, "go lebega mofuta wa bogologolo wa sefapaano e ne e le se go neng go twe ke sa 'gamma' (crux gammata), se batho ba Botlhaba le baithuti ba marope a bogologolo ba se itseng ka leina la sone la Se-Sanskrit e leng swastika."