noun
Kalacakra; Wheel of Time (tantric Buddhist deity)
A tantric Buddhist deity and the associated teachings; a specialized term used in Vajrayana Buddhism.
チベット仏教では、時輪金剛は重要な守護尊の一つである。
In Tibetan Buddhism, Kalacakra is one of the important protective deities.
From Sanskrit Kālacakra, meaning 'wheel of time'. The Japanese reading is a phonetic adaptation of the Chinese characters used to translate the term.