Author: SIMPSON, WILLIAM:
Title: The Buddhist Praying-Wheel. A Collection of Material Bearing upon the Symbolism of the Wheel and Circular Movements in Custom and Religious Ritual. London, Macmillan and Co., 1896.
Description: . Pp. viii, 304. Including one frontispiece and many illustrations in the text. Publisher's red cloth, praying wheel in gilt on front cover, spine slightly faded. First edition. The author spent some time in the Himalayas during the years 1860-61 and then passed over the boundary into Tibet and visited the Lamaseries and got interested in the so called "Praying-Wheel".

Keywords: South Asia, buddhist, praying wheel, tibet. tibetan, asia, asie, asiatic, travel, exploration, explore, voyage


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