Prayer Wheel
Silver and ivory
銀轉經筒
中國
轉經筒，又稱摩尼輪、祈禱筒等。西藏佛教徒祈禱用法物。其形狀如筒，大小不一，中貫以軸。藏傳佛教認為持誦六字大明咒，得以解脫輪迴之苦，因此人們平時除口誦外，還製作轉經筒，將六字真言經咒裝於經筒內，每轉動一周，表示念誦六字真言一遍。
轉經筒由象牙製軸柄和銀質圓筒所組成。筒以三道金色環狀線條，分隔成兩層圖紋。表面鎏金鏨刻藏文六字大明咒，每個藏字間穿插寶傘、法輪、朱砂、芥子等吉祥物。頂端設一蓮蕾。做工精細，材質精良，是轉經筒之上品。
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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