dharmacakra (7721)

dharmacakra
Entry 7721, Page 277, Col. 2

(Darmacakra, Darmacakra)
dharmacakra¦, nt. (Skt. id., but in BHS as in Pali dhammacakka used in a specialized sense, hardly exactly paralleled in Skt.), the wheel of the law, which was ‘set in motion’ (pra-vartayati; pravartana, n.) by the Buddha when he first preached his doctrine: passim; triparivarta- (see parivarta)-dvādaśākāra-dharmacakra-pravartanam Mvy 1309; °kra-pravartana- LV 36.3; °kraṃ pravartitaṃ SP 69.13; Divy 393.23; °kraṃ pravartesi SP 69.15 (vs), etc.