Today I got a Tibetan prayer wheel from China. I am familiar with the text of the ubiquitous mantra, “Om mani padme hung,” as it is written in Tibetan. The prayer wheel came in a box, and on top of the box are some characters. From what I can ascertain, they seem to say: “m(a).ni’i.l(a)g.'akhor”. Does anyone have any idea what this means?
Using Omniglot, the letters are as indicated on the website (“tseg” refers to the dot separating syllables, “shey” refers to the long line that acts as a period):
[m] [tseg] [n with dot underneath (in the “Extra consonants for writing Sanskrit loan words” section), and with “i” vowel diacritic] ['a with “i” vowel diacritic] [tseg] [l] [g] [tseg] ['a] [kh with “o” vowel diacritic] [r] [shey]
WRS - Thanks!