"prayer wheel" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: prayer wheels [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} prayer wheel (plural prayer wheels)
  1. (Buddhism) A rotating cylinder either inscribed with or containing prayers, mainly used by Tibetan Buddhists. Categories (topical): Buddhism Synonyms: mani wheel, praying machine Translations (rotating cylinder containing prayers): 轉經筒 /转经筒 (zhuǎnjīngtǒng) (Chinese Mandarin), bedemølle [common-gender] (Danish), rukousmylly (Finnish), roue de prière [feminine] (French), Gebetsmühle [feminine] (German), imamalom (Hungarian), imakerék (Hungarian), マニ車 (maniguruma) (Japanese), мөргөлийн хүрд (mörgöliin xürd) (Mongolian), хүрд (xürd) (Mongolian), roda de oração [feminine] (Portuguese), моли́твенное колесо́ (molítvennoje kolesó) [neuter] (Russian), rueda de plegaria (Spanish), bönekvarn [common-gender] (Swedish), མ་ནི་ཆོས་འཁོར (ma ni chos 'khor) (Tibetan), آلات عبادت (ālāt ibādat) [masculine] (Urdu)

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      "sense": "rotating cylinder containing prayers",
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      "sense": "rotating cylinder containing prayers",
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      "sense": "rotating cylinder containing prayers",
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      "sense": "rotating cylinder containing prayers",
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      "roman": "ma ni chos 'khor",
      "sense": "rotating cylinder containing prayers",
      "word": "མ་ནི་ཆོས་འཁོར"
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      "roman": "ālāt ibādat",
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