Wheel of Dharma

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The Wheel of Dharma is a key Buddhist symbol representing the Buddha’s teaching and the path to enlightenment, often depicted as a wheel with eight spokes for the Noble Eightfold Path.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Wheel of Dharma canonical 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Buddhist symbol ⓘ
iconographic motif ⓘ
religious symbol ⓘ
appearsOn Buddhist flags ⓘ
manuscripts ⓘ
ritual objects ⓘ
temple decorations ⓘ
associatedConcept Three Turnings of the Wheel of Dharma ⓘ
Turning of the Wheel of Dharma ⓘ
associatedWith First Sermon at Sarnath ⓘ
Gautama Buddha ⓘ
linked to: Shakyamuni Buddha
color gold ⓘ
yellow ⓘ
culturalRegion East Asia ⓘ
South Asia ⓘ
Southeast Asia ⓘ
depictedWith deer ⓘ
lions ⓘ
lotus ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Dharma Wheel ⓘ
linked to: Dharma Chakra

Dharmachakra ⓘ
linked to: Dharma Chakra
hasPart hub ⓘ
rim ⓘ
spokes ⓘ
hubRepresents concentration ⓘ
moral discipline ⓘ
wisdom ⓘ
iconographicCategory Buddhist art ⓘ
influenced Ashoka Chakra ⓘ
religion Buddhism ⓘ
represents Buddha’s teaching ⓘ
Dharma ⓘ
path to enlightenment ⓘ
rimRepresents meditative concentration ⓘ
mindfulness ⓘ
spokesRepresent Noble Eightfold Path ⓘ
linked to: Eightfold Path
symbolizes Noble Eightfold Path ⓘ
linked to: Eightfold Path

cosmic order ⓘ
cycle of birth and rebirth ⓘ
meditation ⓘ
moral discipline ⓘ
overcoming suffering ⓘ
wisdom ⓘ
timeOfOrigin ancient India ⓘ
typicalNumberOfSpokes 8 ⓘ
usedAs national emblem of India ⓘ
usedByTradition Mahayana Buddhism ⓘ
linked to: Mahayana

Theravada Buddhism ⓘ
linked to: Theravada

Vajrayana Buddhism ⓘ
linked to: Vajrayana

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Dharma Chakra → hasAlternativeName → Wheel of Dharma ⓘ
Abacus with animal figures → relatedTo → Wheel of Dharma ⓘ