Instead of a cylindrical shape, the present object has a rounded body. The handle of the wheel is made from wood which has been proportionately and smoothly carved. The base of the interior central shaft, on which the wrapped prayer rests, has small holes around it. The closed base has an embossed double vajra design. It is surrounded by a lotus bud or a jewel. The upper and lower portion of the body is embossed with the sacred syllables om, ma, ni pad me hum in Lantsa letters around it and in between the letters auspicious symbols and three corals have been set. The handle of the wheel has been set on the center of the double Vajra. It says that whoever twirls the wheel wishes to have a clear voice and to have the eight bodhisattvas with him. The tradition of twirling the wheel is very popular among the followers of the Northern Buddhism.
The present specimen of the object has been finely executed.
Ref.
Alice Getty, The Gods of Northern Buddhism, Tokyo, 1962
A. Waddell, Buddhism and Lamaism of Tibet, Delhi, 1978
This description by Dr. Shailendra Kumar Verma, Ph.D. His doctorate thesis being on the "Emergence and Evolution of the Buddha Image (from its inception to 8th century A.D)."
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