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Description: | MANU unknown Tibet People's Republic of China This prayer wheel contains many repetitions of the sutra Om Mani Padme Hum wound around the axle in such a way that they would have been spun around by turning the handle, now missing. Extracts from the sutra are often used to decorate the outsides of such prayer wheels, which would be recited either aloud or silently to attract the attention of Chenrezig, the embodiment of compassion.
Traditionally, Buddhists avoided the use of the wheel except in prayer. | License: | http://www.hmag.gla.ac.uk/spirit/rights/ | Publisher: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Rights holder: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Subjects: | LEONR : JEN : ASIA : FAR EAST : | Source: | Hunterian Museum | Creator: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Identifier: | http://www.huntsearch.gla.ac.uk/cgi-bin/... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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