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 28
t is the rightterm to apply to the non-Lama part of the population—are in the habit of using the small hand ones, but thenthere are larger ones erected in many cases for what AMONG THE LAMAS I may be supposed to be public use. In the villageof Kalsi, on the Indus, there was a Chhod-Ten — theTibetan… … ■^- -rs.i-^>» -MS-* *^\ Fig. 4.—Praying-Barrels at Kalsi, on the Indus. From a Sketch by the Author. The row of small barrels at Soonum I have alreadydescribed ; and I saw a similar row in the Hemismonastery, on the Indus, near Leh, which was nodoubt intended to be turned by all those that…
Prayer wheels · Wheels -- Religious aspects · Buddhism -- Liturgical aspects · Symbolism · Rites and ceremonies
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