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>>1949 Tibetan thutob
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Subject: thutob / mthu stobs fighting monk, ldab-ldob 'punk monk'
Culture: Tibetan
Setting: Tibet mid-late 20thc
Object: lag khor prayer wheel





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​* Palyul Changchub Dhargyayling








* Museo Nacional de Antropología > Religiones Orientales
""Molino de oración.  (Tibet)  R. P. China.  Siglo.  XIX
Molino de mano que contiene un rollo cone escrituras sagradas (mantras).  
Cada giro equivale al rezo de una oración."
​Chester Beatty Library *
"Prayer wheel  Silver and wood with paper contents  19th or 20th century  Tibet ... 
 Rolls of paper with sacred invocations are contained in the prayer wheel's hollow cylinder.
  Each turn of the wheel scatters these prayers to the four winds."



​* National Museum of Ireland -- Decorative Arts & History > What's in Store?




Manchester Museum > Lee Chinese Culture Gallery *
"Tibetan Buddhist objects  Date unknown
The handheld prayer wheel would have been turned by the faithful as they recited mantras, words which have spiritual power.
  A long roll of paper printed with mantras inside the cylinder accumulated merit for the believer as the prayer wheel was turned.
  The amulet was used to protect the wearer from ill fortune."