Cakravartirāja (English spelling)

Japanese: Cakravartirāja(英語表記)Cakravartiraja
Cakravartirāja (English spelling)

...When this king appears in the world, a heavenly wheel appears, and under its guidance, the king is said to subjugate the whole world without the use of force, hence the name. A translation of the Sanskrit Cakravartin or Cakravartirāja. In Buddhist scriptures, this king is said to possess seven treasures, including the wheel, the white elephant, and the blue horse, and to have the same 32 physical characteristics as the Buddha, and is given a position that can be likened to the Buddha, the emperor of the world of truth, as the lord of the secular world.

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "Cakravartirāja" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…この王が世に現れるときには天の車輪が出現し,王はその先導のもとに武力を用いずに全世界を平定するとされるところから,この名がある。サンスクリットのチャクラバルティンCakravartinまたはチャクラバルティラージャCakravartirājaの訳。仏典では,この王は輪宝,白象(びやくぞう)宝,紺馬(こんめ)宝などの七宝を有し,また仏と同じ〈三十二相〉(32の身体的特徴)を備えているとされ,世俗世界の主として,真理界の帝王たる仏にもたとえられる地位を与えられている。…

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