bhavacakra
Noun
Meaning
bhavacakra (plural bhavacakras)
(Buddhism) symbolic representation of saṃsāra (or cyclic existence)
Examples
Dzongsar Khyentse (2004), p. 3. Explanation of the diagram A traditional Tibetan thangka showing the bhavacakra.
Karunaratne, T. B. (2008), p. 14. English translations of the term bhavacakra The term bhavacakra has been translated into English as: * Wheel of becoming Gethin (1998), pp. 158-9.
The bhavacakra is painted on the outside walls of nearly every Tibetan Buddhist temple in Tibet and India.