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The Dharma Cakra
It very clearly seen that the discovery of the wheel not only revolutionized the life of the primitive people by dynamically activating it but also remarkably accelerated the progress of human civilization. The sun, and also the moon, which are circular in shape and hence wheel-like, with their regular traversing across thee wide expansive sky, visibly affecting and influencing human life and nature, undoubtedly did hold the attention of the primitive people and spurred their imagination. In such a background it is not surprising to find the wheel, the Sanskrit and Pali equivalents of which are 'cakra'/ 'chakka' reepectively, coming to be commonly used for multiple symbolic purposes. References to the early symbolic use of thee wheel are found in the Rgveda itself. It is from this common usage that Buddhism adopted the wheel symbol for diverse purposes.
It very clearly seen that the discovery of the wheel not only revolutionized the life of the primitive people by dynamically activating it but also remarkably accelerated the progress of human civilization. The sun, and also the moon, which are circular in shape and hence wheel-like, with their regular traversing across thee wide expansive sky, visibly affecting and influencing human life and nature, undoubtedly did hold the attention of the primitive people and spurred their imagination. In such a background it is not surprising to find the wheel, the Sanskrit and Pali equivalents of which are 'cakra'/ 'chakka' reepectively, coming to be commonly used for multiple symbolic purposes. References to the early symbolic use of thee wheel are found in the Rgveda itself. It is from this common usage that Buddhism adopted the wheel symbol for diverse purposes.
