Prayer Wheel
Gilt copper alloy
金銅轉經筒
中國
藏傳佛教十七至十八世紀修持用法物。轉經筒銅質鎏金，形狀如圓筒，分內外兩層，中貫鐵軸。外層四面開窗，筒身滿雕纏枝蓮花、寶珠及卷葉紋；上緣有寶珠紋，下緣飾蓮瓣紋，二者上下各以兩圈聯珠紋為天地。內層圖紋與外層相似，唯刻有六字真言。筒內裝經卷。
修持時，以手指捻經筒中軸，每轉動一輪，即代表誦念六字真言或經文一遍。
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts, page 242.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Prayer Wheel." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts , vol. 18, 2016, pp. 242.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youji, Stefanie Pokorski, Mankuang, and Wen Fan. 2016. "Prayer Wheel" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts , 18:242.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youji, Pokorski, S., Mankuang, & Fan, W.. (2016). Prayer Wheel. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts (Vol. 18, pp. 242).
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