[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Dictionary of Pali Proper Names](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937) › v1.c16.14 # Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c16.14 Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v1.c16.14 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c16.14](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c16.14) The Commentaries³ contain lengthy descriptions of the Cakkaratana: it is shaped like a wheel, its nave is of sapphire, the centre of which shines like the orb of the moon, and round it is a band of silver. It has one thousand spokes, each ornamented with various decorations; its tyre is of bright coral; within every tenth spoke is a coral staff, hollow inside, which produces the sounds of the fivefold musical instruments when blown upon by the wind. On the staff is a white parasol, on either side of which are festoons of flowers. When the wheel moves, it appears like three wheels moving one within the other. - [Previous: v1.c16.13](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c16.13) - [Next: v1.c16.15](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c16.15) - [Up: v1.c16](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c16) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c16.14](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c16.14) · Pramāṇa