輪りん宝ぼう

noun

Cakraratna; wheel treasure

Buddhist term for a wheel-shaped treasure possessed by a cakravartin (ideal universal ruler), said to roll ahead and clear the path. Also associated with the Dharma wheel (法輪).

See also: 転輪王 · 法輪

• 転てん輪りん王おうの七しち宝ほうの一ひとつに輪りん宝ぼうがある。

  The Cakraratna is one of the seven treasures of the cakravartin.

• 仏ぶっ教きょう美び術じゅつでは、輪りん宝ぼうが法ほう輪りんとともに描えがかれることが多おおい。

  In Buddhist art, the wheel treasure is often depicted together with the Dharma wheel.