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mandala

mandala

See also: maṇḍala

English

Alternative forms

maṇḍala

Noun

mandala ‎(plural mandalas)

(Hinduism, Buddhism) A graphic depiction of the spiritual universe and its myriad realms and deities.
(Hinduism, Buddhism) Any ritualistic geometric design, symbolic of the Universe, used as an aid to meditation.
A division or book of the Rigveda (of which there are 10).

Coordinate terms

magic circle

Translations

Hindu design

Catalan: mandala (ca) m, f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 曼荼羅 (zh), 曼荼罗 (zh) ‎(màntúluó)
Finnish: mandala
French: mandala (fr) m

Japanese: 曼荼羅 (まんだら, mandara), 曼拏羅, 曼陀羅
Malay: mandala
Portuguese: mandala (pt) f
Russian: манда́ла (ru) f ‎(mandála)

division of Rigveda

Finnish: mandala

French: mandala (fr) m

Quotations

For usage examples of this term, see Citations:mandala.

Old High German

Etymology

From Late Latin amygdala.

Noun

mandala f

almond

Descendants

German: Mandel
Yiddish: מאַנדל ‎(mandl)