golden-wheel-turning sage king
Buddhist term for a universal monarch who rules by the golden wheel, a concept from ancient Indian cosmology. Rare in everyday Japanese; encountered mainly in Buddhist texts or historical contexts.
In Buddhist scriptures, the golden-wheel-turning sage king is depicted as an ideal ruler who governs the world.
From Buddhist terminology, combining 金 (gold), 輪 (wheel), and 王 (king). The term refers to a cakravartin, a universal monarch in Indian mythology, whose golden wheel symbolizes righteous rule.