mandala

• maṇḍala

Borrowed from Sanskrit मण्डल (máṇḍala). Doublet of mandal.

• IPA^(key): /ˈmʌn.də.lə/

mandala (plural mandalas)

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

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:mandala.

• magic circle

Ultimately from Sanskrit मण्डल (máṇḍala).

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɑndɑlɑ/, [ˈmɑ̝ndɑ̝lɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -ɑndɑlɑ
• Syllabification^(key): man‧da‧la

mandala

1. mandala

• “mandala”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

mandala m (plural mandalas)

1. mandala

• “mandala”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

From Malay mandala, from Classical Malay mandala, from Sanskrit मण्डल (maṇḍala, “circle”).

• IPA^(key): [manˈdala]
• Hyphenation: man‧da‧la

mandala (plural mandala-mandala, first-person possessive mandalaku, second-person possessive mandalamu, third-person possessive mandalanya)

1. (obsolete) territory of religious institutions.
2. (obsolete) circle, a territorial division or district.

   Synonyms: bulatan, daerah, lingkungan

3. mandala,
   1. (Hinduism, Buddhism) A graphic depiction of the spiritual universe and its myriad realms and deities.
   2. (Hinduism, Buddhism) Any ritualistic geometric design, symbolic of the Universe, used as an aid to meditation.

• “mandala” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

• IPA^(key): /ˈman.da.la/
• Rhymes: -andala
• Hyphenation: màn‧da‧la

mandala m (invariable)

1. mandala

Borrowed from Late Latin amygdala.

mandala f

1. almond

• German: Mandel
  • → Faroese: mandla
  • → Icelandic: mandla
  • → Romansch: mandel
  • → Swedish: mandel
• Yiddish: מאַנדל (mandl)

Borrowed from Sanskrit मण्डल (máṇḍala).

• IPA^(key): /manˈda.la/

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• Rhymes: -ala
• Syllabification: man‧da‧la

mandala f

1. (Buddhism, Hinduism) mandala (Hindu design)

• mandala in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• mandala in Polish dictionaries at PWN

• IPA^(key): /manˈdala/ [mãn̪ˈd̪a.la]
• Rhymes: -ala
• Syllabification: man‧da‧la

mandala m (plural mandalas)

1. mandala

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

mandala

1. second-person singular voseo imperative of mandar combined with la

• “mandala”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014