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Title
Large Prayer Wheel
Subject
Prayer Wheels
Description
A Buddhist prayer wheel, most prevalent in the Tibetan Buddhism, is a mechanical device that is used as an equivalent to a recitation of a mantra. They can be made out of metal, wood, leather, stone or coarse cotton. Each turn of the wheel by hand clockwise is considered equivalent to one oral recitation of a prayer. Prayer wheels thus are attempted to be kept in continuous motion by being attached to windmills or waterwheels.
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Sources:
A. R. Wright, "Tibetan Prayer-Wheels.,"Folklore15, no. 3 (1904):, doi:10.1080/0015587x.1904.9719414.
Check out the High Library for more information.
Check out sacred texts that relate to the artifact.
Sources:
A. R. Wright, "Tibetan Prayer-Wheels.,"Folklore15, no. 3 (1904):, doi:10.1080/0015587x.1904.9719414.
Date
20th Century
Contributor
Elizabethtown College (Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania, USA)
Dr. William V. Puffenberger
Rights
Elizabethtown College retains all intellectual property rights to this image including, but not limited to, digital rights and any derivative works. For permission for reproduction, please contact the College’s Administrative Assistant for Humanities.
Format
A large prayer wheel with detailed engravings and attached to a piece of black wood with a small chain at the top of the wheel.
12.25 in X 4.25 (31.1 cm X 10.8 cm)
Type
Physical Object
Identifier
Puffenberger #108
Coverage
Nepal