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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 ; New York : Macmillan · leaf 106

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n of it or in sculptures,as a wheel; it is simply adiscus, formed like a quoit,but the authorities, so far asI know, identify it with the dharmachakra. It is known Fu,. 17.—The Smlarsana-Chakra as the Stidai^sana - Chakra, (Fig. 17) and Rajendralala o/orhsa. Mitra says it is the counterpart of the… … at Puri. From Rajendralala Mitras Antiquities 1 See Additional Notes for a refer- India that I chanced, in reading, upon ence to the Bonpas of Tibet, who are the passage referring to them. non-Buddliist, and they make circuits - Antiquities of Orissa^ vol. ii. p. with the left to the centre. It was…

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