法輪

See also: 法轮

Chinese

		law; method; way law; method; way; Buddhist teaching; Legalist; France (abbrev.)	wheel; gear; (by) turn wheel; gear; (by) turn; rotate
trad. (法輪)		法	輪
simp. (法轮)		法	轮

Etymology

Translation of Sanskrit धर्मचक्र (dharmacakra, “wheel or range of the law”) or Pali dhammacakka (“wheel of the law”). Tibetan equivalent is ཆོས་འཁོར (chos 'khor).

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 法輪

1. (Buddhism) dharmachakra; wheel of the dharma (law); the eternal wheel of life

   法輪常轉／法轮常转  ―  fǎlún cháng zhuàn  ―  the dharma wheel constantly rotates

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (法輪):

• → Japanese: 法輪(ほうりん) (hōrin)
• → Korean: 법륜(法輪) (beomnyun)
• → Vietnamese: pháp luân (法輪)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
法	輪
ほう Grade: 4	りん Grade: 4
goon

Etymology

/popu rin/ → /ɸoɸurin/ → /hoːrin/

From Middle Chinese 法輪 (MC pjop lwin), itself a translation of Sanskrit धर्मचक्र (dharmacakra).

Noun

法(ほう)輪(りん) • (hōrin) ^{←ほふりん (fofurin)?}

1. (Buddhism) dharmachakra: the wheel of dharma

Derived terms

Derived terms

• 法(ほう)輪(りん)寺(じ) (Hōrin-ji)
• 正(しょう)法(ほう)輪(りん) (shōhōrin)
• 転(てん)法(ぼう)輪(りん) (tenbōrin)
• 転(てん)妙(みょう)法(ほう)輪(りん) (tenmyō hōrin)

Idioms

• 法(ほう)輪(りん)を転(てん)ず (hōrin o tenzu)

Proper noun

法(ほう)輪(りん) • (Hōrin) ^{←ほふりん (fofurin)?}

1. Short for 法輪寺 (Hōrin-ji): This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

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Korean

Hanja in this term
法	輪

Noun

法輪 • (beomnyun) (hangeul 법륜)

1. hanja form^? of 법륜 (“dharmachakra”)

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Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
法	輪

Noun

法輪

1. chữ Hán form of pháp luân (“dharmachakra”).