A compendium is a collection, generally of written material. It might be a concise, complete summary of a large work (an abstract), or it might be a publication containing a collection of a number of short works.
"Meaning" is the underlying fact, message, or definition of communicated terms. It is often used to indicate that an idea or expression has more than just the superficial or obvious one : a "deeper",...
Not. The dictionary meaning is the denotative meaning of the word. The connotative meaning is a meaning which derives from the associations the word has. The dictionary meaning of "swastika" is " a...