prayer-cylinder

There were prayer-wheels, cymbals, horns and drums, and a prayer-cylinder six feet high, which it took the strength of two men to turn.

Among the Tibetans Isabella Lucy 2004

Passing along faces of precipices and over waterless plateaux of blazing red gravel -- 'waste places,' truly -- the journey was cheered by the meeting of red and yellow lamas in companies, each lama twirling his prayer-cylinder, abbots, and skushoks (the latter believed to be incarnations of Buddha) with many retainers, or gay groups of priestly students, intoning in harsh and high-pitched monotones, Aum mani padne hun.

Among the Tibetans 1867

There were prayer-wheels, cymbals, horns and drums, and a prayer-cylinder six feet high, which it took the strength of two men to turn.

Among the Tibetans 1867

Passing along faces of precipices and over waterless plateaux of blazing red gravel — ‘waste places,’ truly — the journey was cheered by the meeting of red and yellow lamas in companies, each lama twirling his prayer-cylinder, abbots, and skushoks (the latter believed to be incarnations of

Among the Tibetans Isabella Lucy 2004