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 255
permission from LeDicu Gaulois dii Soldi. Fig. 35._T]ie Wheel-God.In the Collection of M.Bertrand of Moulins. Copied by permission from LeDieu Gaulois <iu Soldi. SO as to make complete figures (Figs. 34, 35). Theart is of the rudest kind, but it shows an old manwith a beard; his left hand rests… … number of spokes cannot be made out in either of thetwo illustrations, but a fragment of a wheel from the Esmonnot collection shows that thewheels had six spokes (Fig. 36). At Chatelet, near Saint-Dizier,Haute-Marne, in 1774, there wasfound a small statue in bronze, aboutfour inches high (Fig.…
Prayer wheels · Wheels -- Religious aspects · Buddhism -- Liturgical aspects · Symbolism · Rites and ceremonies
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