boDimaRqa
bodhi-maṇḍa , nt. (= Pali id. ), platform or terrace or seat of enlightenment , name given to the spot under the bodhitree on which the Buddha sat when he became enlightened; Tib. (on Mvy and elsewhere) byaṅ chub (kyi) sñiṅ po , essence ( lit. heart ; = maṇḍa , q.v. ) of enlightenment ; Chin. acc. to Burnouf, Introd. 387 n. 2 , platform of the bodhi-tree ; very common: Mvy 4114 ; SP 16.3 ; 54.13 ; 316.3 ; etc. , see Index to KN ; LV 36.2 (here BR follows Calc. in reading °maṇḍala, but Lefm. with all mss. °maṇḍa, the only true form; others, see Index to Lefm. ); 273.7 ff. ; Divy 392.17 etc. ; Suv 89.15 etc. ; Bbh 94.5 ; 405.11 . For equivalent expressions see s.v. maṇḍa .