It is on permanent display in the
outdoor garden exhibition at the
Ramkhamhaeng
National Museum
in Old
Sukhothai.
It
is the symbol of the
Buddha's
first public discourse on his doctrine, given to five ascetics at
Mrigadava in Sarnath (fig.).
The 32 spokes represent
the
lakshana, i.e. the
32
major marks
of a
Buddha
as
described in Buddhist literature.
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