Chinese Tibetan Qing Dynasty gilt bronze and semi-precious stones inlaid Dharma chakra (Pali dhammacakka; Wheel of the Dharma) is one of the Ashtamangala of Buddhism, and Hinduism. It has represented the Buddhist dharma, Gautama Buddha's teaching and walking of the path to Nirvana, since the time of early Buddhism. Dharmachakra symbols consist of either 8 spokes radiating from the centralized lapis lazuli, Turquoise, and red-coral inlaid DaiJi. Each end of spokes inlaid with turquoise and red-coral inlaid. Surrounded with the ovoid aura chakra nimbus, and scrolling ribbons upon a splayed foot base. The Buddha is said to have set the dhammacakka in motion when he delivered his first sermon, which is described in the Dhammacakkappavattana Sutta. The wheel itself depicts ideas about the cycle of sa?sara and furthermore the Noble Eightfold Path.
Buddhism adopted the wheel as the main symbol of the chakravartin "wheel-turner", the ideal king or "universal monarch", symbolising the ability to cut through all obstacles and illusions.
According to Harrison, the symbolism of "the wheel of the law" and the order of Nature is also visible in the Tibetan prayer wheels. The moving wheels symbolize the movement of cosmic order.

Dimensions: 10" H x 9-1/2" W

EXCELLENT condition, with normal anomalies in nature, sign of stressed surface, minor scratch & dent. Surface traced wear and or declined to gilding. Normal, considering ages and wears.
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