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 31
18 BUDDHIST PRA YVING-WHEEL CHAP. My tent chanced to be near, and on going to bed I could hear it. I fell asleep listening to the click, and it was the first sound I heard again in the morning when I wakened. I add an illustration of another wheel at Ghia, in which I could only see the water- … From a Sketch by the Author. wheel beneath (see Fig. 7). It was not my fortune to see wheels driven by windmills. Huc, if I remember right, mentions them; and Bonvalot, one of the latest travellers in Tibet, saw them.! It seems to be a matter of no consequence by what means these cylinders are…
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