prayer wheel

English

Noun

prayer wheel (plural prayer wheels)

(Buddhism) A rotating cylinder either inscribed with or containing prayers, mainly used by Tibetan Buddhists.

Translations

rotating cylinder containing prayers

Chinese:
Mandarin: 轉經筒, 转经筒 (zhuǎnjīngtǒng)
Danish: bedemølle c
Finnish: rukousmylly (fi)
German: Gebetsmühle (de) f
Hungarian: imamalom (hu)

Mongolian: мөргөлийн хүрд‎‎, хүрд‎‎ (mn)
Russian: моли́твенное колесо́ n (molítvennoje kolesó)
Swedish: bönekvarn c
Tibetan: མ་ནི་ཆོས་འཁོར (ma ni chos 'khor)
Urdu: آلات عبادت‎‎ (ur) m (ālāt ibādat)

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