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A stone carved with mantra text, stacked in walls.
Also known as: Mani wall, Carved mantra stone, Prayer stone, Stone with carved script
Mani stones are carved with mantra text and piled into walls along paths in Tibet and Nepal. A wall is passed with it on the right, which is why a path may have a mani wall on one side and a return route on the other.
Denotes a stone slab or boulder carved with mantra text, placed singly or stacked into walls along paths in the Tibetan cultural region.
Contexts: Religion
Is passed keeping the wall on the walker's right, in the clockwise circumambulation direction, which shapes how routes past them are laid out.
Contexts: Religion
Accumulates over time as travellers add stones, so a wall records the passage of people rather than being built at once.
Contexts: Religion
A flat or rounded stone with lines of Tibetan script carved and often painted into its face, stacked with others into a low dry wall.