The Buddhist praying-wheel : a collection of material bearing upon the symbolism of the wheel and circular movements in custom and religious ritual (1896)
Simpson, William, 1823-1899 · London : Macmillan and Co., ltd.; New York : Macmillan Co. · leaf 130
VIII JAPAN 117 gods, and men. In the middle a dove, a serpent, and a hog were to symbolise lust, hatred, and ignorance. All round the tire was to go the twelvefold circle of causation | pratityasamutpado | in the regular and in the inverse order. Beings were to be represented ‘as being born in a… … Woven in silk and gold on Japanese Book-cover. placed in the ‘grand entrance gateway’ |[dvarakosh- thake|, anda dhtkshu appointed to interpret it.” Another illustration, copied from the cover of a Japanese book, woven in silk and gold, shows that the peculiar idea of the wheel being connected with…
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