maṇḍala

See also: mandala and Mandala

English

Noun

maṇḍala (plural maṇḍalas)

  1. Alternative spelling of mandala

Quotations
  • For quotations using this term, see Citations:maṇḍala.

Old Javanese

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit मण्डल (maṇḍala, “circle”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /man.da.la/
  • Rhymes: -la
  • Hyphenation: man‧da‧la

Noun

maṇḍala

  1. circle, orb
  2. district, territory
  3. surface
  4. sacred circle
  5. religious community abode
  6. religious community head
  7. celestial path, celestial orbit

Derived terms
  • agramaṇḍala
  • aṇḍamaṇḍala
  • bhūmimaṇḍala
  • deśadigmaṇḍala
  • digmaṇḍala
  • gṛhamaṇḍala
  • hīramaṇḍala
  • jagatmaṇḍala
  • kurukṣetramaṇḍala
  • maṇḍalālekhana
  • parimaṇḍala
  • prabhāwamaṇḍala
  • prajāmaṇḍala
  • pṛthiwīmaṇḍala
  • rawimaṇḍala
  • raṇamaṇḍala
  • rājyamaṇḍala
  • sabhāmaṇḍala
  • sakalamaṇḍala
  • samaramaṇḍala
  • swargamaṇḍala
  • tejomaṇḍala
  • trelokyamaṇḍala
  • tribhuwanamaṇḍala
  • wiwaramaṇḍala
  • wādamaṇḍala
  • yawadwīpamaṇḍala
  • yawamaṇḍala
  • ādityamaṇḍala

Descendants
  • Javanese: ꦩꦤ꧀ꦢꦭ (mandala)
  • → Balinese: ᬫᬡ᭄ᬟᬮ (mandala)

Further reading
  • "maṇḍala" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.

Pali

Alternative forms
Alternative forms
  • 𑀫𑀡𑁆𑀟𑀮 (Brahmi script)
  • मण्डल (Devanagari script)
  • মণ্ডল (Bengali script)
  • මණ‍්ඩල (Sinhalese script)
  • မဏ္ဍလ or မꧣ္ꩨလ or မꧣ်ꩨလ (Burmese script)
  • มณฺฑล or มัณฑะละ (Thai script)
  • ᨾᨱ᩠ᨯᩃ (Tai Tham script)
  • ມຓ຺ຑລ or ມັຓຑະລະ (Lao script)
  • មណ្ឌល (Khmer script)
  • 𑄟𑄕𑄴𑄓𑄣 (Chakma script)

Noun

maṇḍala n

  1. circle
  2. disc
  3. round platform
  4. circus ring
  5. round flat surface

Declension
Declension table of "maṇḍala" (neuter)
Case \ NumberSingularPlural
Nominative (first)maṇḍalaṃmaṇḍalāni
Accusative (second)maṇḍalaṃmaṇḍalāni
Instrumental (third)maṇḍalenamaṇḍalehi or maṇḍalebhi
Dative (fourth)maṇḍalassa or maṇḍalāya or maṇḍalatthaṃmaṇḍalānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)maṇḍalasmā or maṇḍalamhā or maṇḍalāmaṇḍalehi or maṇḍalebhi
Genitive (sixth)maṇḍalassamaṇḍalānaṃ
Locative (seventh)maṇḍalasmiṃ or maṇḍalamhi or maṇḍalemaṇḍalesu
Vocative (calling)maṇḍalamaṇḍalāni

Descendants

Further reading
  • Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “maṇḍala”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead
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