dharmachakra

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit धर्मचक्र (dharmacakra).

Noun

dharmachakra (plural dharmachakras)

1. (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／法轮 (zh) (fǎlún), 法轮 (zh) (fǎlún)

• Hindi: धर्मचक्र (hi) (dharmacakra)
• Japanese: 法輪 (ほうりん, hōrin)
• Korean: 법륜 (ko) (beomnyun)
• Pali: dhammacakka
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• Russian: дхармачакра f (dxarmačakra)
• Sanskrit: धर्मचक्र (sa) (dharmacakra)
• Telugu: ధర్మచక్రము (dharmacakramu), ధర్మచక్రం (dharmacakraṁ)
• Thai: ธรรมจักร
• Tibetan: ཆོས་ཀྱི་འཁོར་ལོ (chos kyi 'khor lo)
• Vietnamese: pháp luân