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prayer wheel

devotional tool in Buddhism
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prayer wheel

Summary

prayer wheel ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (597 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • prayer wheel is a type of wheel[2].
  • prayer wheel is a type of religious object[3].
  • prayer wheel is a type of handscroll[4].
  • prayer wheel's Commons category is recorded as Prayer wheels[5].
  • prayer wheel's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Prayer wheels[6].
  • prayer wheel's Commons gallery is recorded as Prayer wheel[7].
  • prayer wheel's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia[8].
  • prayer wheel's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[9].

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Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include wheel[2], religious object[3], and handscroll[4].

Why It Matters

prayer wheel ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (597 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[10] It is known by 32 alternative names across languages and contexts.[11]

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [10] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [11] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 1d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → wheel, religious object, handscroll
    Topic's main category → Category:Prayer wheels
    Subclass of → —
    Aliases → —
    + 1 other property edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|6 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 39001, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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