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1) main beam, axle; 2) chief/ essential part, nucleus, core, backbone, what holds something together central pillar life tree/ pillar [IW]

Life-tree, placed as an axis at the center of a stupa or a statue [RY]

central axis; mainstay [RB]

the life tree, the life pillar [inside a stupa or statue] [RY]

axle, life-tree, axle-tree, life-trunk, stick in center of statue to indicate the central channel, column of life, support for vital principle [JV]

axis, axle [RY]