dharmachakra

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit धर्मचक्र (dharmacakra).

Noun

dharmachakra (plural dharmachakras)

(Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism) The wheel of Dharma (roughly "justice" or "law"), a motif in dharmic religions.

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Translations

wheel of dharma

Assamese: ধৰ্মচক্ৰ (dhormosokro)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 法輪 (zh), 法轮 (zh) (fǎlún)
Hindi: धर्मचक्र (hi) (dharmacakra)
Japanese: 法輪 (ほうりん, hōrin)
Korean: 법륜 (ko) (beomnyun)
Pali: dhammacakka

Russian: дхармачакра f (dxarmačakra)
Sanskrit: धर्मचक्र (sa) (dharmacakra)
Telugu: ధర్మచక్రము (dharmacakramu), ధర్మచక్రం (dharmacakraṃ)
Thai: ธรรมจักร
Tibetan: ཆོས་ཀྱི་འཁོར་ལོ (chos kyi 'khor lo)
Vietnamese: pháp luân

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