[INDOLOGY] Revolving wheel in ancient Indian literature

[Madhav Deshpande]

The idea of a rotating wheel of time goes all the way back to the Rigveda:
dvādaśāraṃ na hi taj jarāya vavarti cakram pari dyām ṛtasya (don't have the
textual ref at hand).  The idea of the spokes of the wheel going up and
down is referred to in Sanskrit lit in many places with expressions like
cakra-nemi-krama and cakrārapaṅkti.

Madhav Deshpande

On Fri, Mar 18, 2016 at 8:42 AM, Artur Karp <karp at uw.edu.pl> wrote:

> Dear List,
>
> Mahabharata I, 29. 2-5 and Sumangalavilasini (Buddhaghosa's commentary to
> Mahaparinibbana-sutta)  VI, 26  contain images of a revolving wheel (with
> 360? spokes), guarded by figures with swords in hands, and by two serpents.
> Viśvakarma/Vissakamma is mentioned as the wheel's constructor.
>
> Is that - or similar - image present somewhere else in the ancient Indian
> literature?
>
> Thanks in advance for your comments -
>
> Artur Karp
>
> South Asian Studies Deptt (emeritus), University of Warsaw, Poland
>
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Madhav M. Deshpande
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