Wheel

Buddhist traditions

• Wheel appears in Buddhist traditions.

  The Lotus Sutra turns the wheel of the Dharma among its central figures of speech. A named wheel mark in that sutra, not dharmachakra as the specific Dharma-wheel id already filed and not a cart wheel dump.

  from Burton Watson (translation) · The Lotus Sutra, 1993 (this translation); Sanskrit/Chinese recensions much older

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Vedic tradition

• Wheel appears in Vedic tradition.

  The Ṛgveda names the wheel (cakra) among chariot and solar-rolling speech. A named Vedic wheel in that corpus, not the Buddhist wheel already walked and not chariot as the whole vehicle alone.

  from Stephanie W. Jamison and Joel P. Brereton (translation) · The Rigveda, 2014 (this translation); hymns much older

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Hellenic religion

• Wheel appears in Hellenic religion.

  Herodotus’s campaign and ethnography speech runs on chariot and wagon wheels among Greek, Persian, and neighboring travel gear. A named wheel in that traveler’s Hellenic frame, not a potter-wheel and not a millstone.

  from Herodotus · Histories, c. 440s BCE

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• Wheel is used in Hellenic religion.

  The Iliad seats chariot-wheels throughout the fighting and wheeled tripods in Hephaestus’ forge hall in Book 18. A named Homeric wheel in vehicle and craft use, not chariot as identity and not a Buddhist wheel dump.

  from Homer · Iliad, c. 8th–7th century BCE (this form)

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Celtic tradition

• Wheel appears in Celtic tradition.

  Caesar’s Gallic War seats wheels among British war-chariots (esseda) and Gallic wagon trains in that campaign ethnography. A named wheel in that Roman report, not the hellenic/vedic/buddhist wheel seats alone and not chariot as the whole vehicle already celtic-edged from Mabinogion.

  from Julius Caesar · Gallic War, c. 50s BCE

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• Chariot is historically related to Wheel.

  Caesar’s Gallic War describes British war-chariots whose fighting turn depends on the wheel. A historical relation of chariot to wheel in that report, not a merge of the vehicle into the wheel hub and not Mabinogion chariot appears_in alone.

  from Julius Caesar · Gallic War, c. 50s BCE

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• Wagon is historically related to Wheel.

  Caesar’s Gallic War seats Helvetian and Gallic wagon trains on wheels in migration and baggage speech. A historical relation of wagon to wheel in that report, not a chariot flatten and not Pliny roman wagon alone.

  from Julius Caesar · Gallic War, c. 50s BCE

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Roman religion

• Wheel appears in Roman religion.

  Caesar’s Gallic War seats wheels among Roman campaign wagons, siege approaches, and bridge-works transport in that commander’s narrative. A named wheel in that Roman report, not the celtic chariot-wheel seat alone and not a fortune-wheel dump.

  from Julius Caesar · Gallic War, c. 50s BCE

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Mesopotamian tradition

• Wheel appears in Mesopotamian tradition.

  The Epic of Gilgamesh names golden wheels on the chariot Ishtar offers Gilgamesh. A named wheel in that gift speech, not chariot as the whole vehicle alone and not a generic potter’s wheel dump.

  from Epic of Gilgamesh, c. 1200 BCE (this recension)

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European folklore

• Potter’s Wheel is historically related to Wheel.

  Piccolpasso’s forming chapters seat the potter’s wheel among the thrown-ware wheels of the Renaissance workshop — the central wheel of the potter’s art. A named potters-wheel in that speech, not banding-wheel as the low decorating turntable and not jigger as industrial flatware machine.

  from Cipriano Piccolpasso · The Three Books of the Potter’s Art, c. 1557; English PD translations

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• Banding wheel is historically related to Wheel.

  Piccolpasso’s decorating neighborhood seats the banding wheel among low turntables for painting bands on ware by hand, not the throwing potter’s wheel. A named banding-wheel in that workshop speech, not potters-wheel as the forming wheel and not jigger as machine.

  from Cipriano Piccolpasso · The Three Books of the Potter’s Art, c. 1557; English PD translations

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• Cut-off wire is used in Wheel.

  Piccolpasso’s throwing practice seats cut-off wire among wires that slice finished ware from the wheel-head. A named cut-off-wire in that craft, not loop-tool as the carving loop and not pottery-rib as the shaping rib.

  from Cipriano Piccolpasso · The Three Books of the Potter’s Art, c. 1557; English PD translations

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• Throwing stick is used in Wheel.

  Piccolpasso’s forming tools seat the throwing stick among interior sticks that open and shape tall forms on the potter’s wheel. A named throwing-stick in that craft, not pottery-rib as the exterior smoother and not throwing-bones as divination false friend.

  from Cipriano Piccolpasso · The Three Books of the Potter’s Art, c. 1557; English PD translations

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Chinese tradition

• Wheelbarrow is historically related to Wheel.

  Bushell’s notes on Chinese transport seat the Chinese wheelbarrow (often with a central wheel) among wheeled conveyances — wheelbarrow speech, not a sedan litter alone.

  from Stephen W. Bushell · Chinese Art, 1904–1906 (2nd ed. 1909)

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• Baby carriage is historically related to Wheel.

  EB1911 Perambulator / baby carriage seats the wheeled carriage for infants — wheeled-carriage speech, not a sled alone.

  from Hugh Chisholm et al. · Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.), 1910–1911

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• Tympanum is used in Wheel.

  In Vitruvius’s Ten Books on Architecture, a water-lifting tympanum delivers water through holes next to the axle into a trough with a conduit joined to it — tympanum is that irrigation wheel drum.

  from Vitruvius; Morris Hicky Morgan (translation) · De Architectura, 1st century BCE; Morgan English 1914

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