Norbulingka Palace: Pavilion with Prayer Wheel
Copper alloy
銅轉經筒
中國
藏傳佛教祈禱時所用法器。此轉經筒為指捻式，可放置於桌上。通體由黃銅打造，呈金黃色，自下而上分為底座、筒身、頂蓋三部分。高36.5公分，底徑15.5公分。底座呈蓮花台形。筒身造型模仿亭台欄杆建築樣式，頂蓋為攢尖頂，作六角飛檐，檐上打有瓦棱紋樣，飛檐末端懸掛珊瑚及各色寶石所製的珠飾。
筒身外刻梵文六字真言；頂部有一凸出的螺紋軸承，與筒內轉軸相連，用大拇指和中指夾住軸承，向順時針方向捻動，經軸即可旋轉。藏傳佛教認為每轉動一次經筒，相當於念誦經文一遍，能除去業障，增加福報，脫離輪迴之苦。
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts, page 209.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Norbulingka Palace: Pavilion with Prayer Wheel." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts , vol. 18, 2016, pp. 209.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youji, Stefanie Pokorski, Mankuang, and Wen Fan. 2016. "Norbulingka Palace: Pavilion with Prayer Wheel" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts , 18:209.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youji, Pokorski, S., Mankuang, & Fan, W.. (2016). Norbulingka Palace: Pavilion with Prayer Wheel. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts (Vol. 18, pp. 209).
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