maRqala · neuter · maṇḍala 1
disk
maṇḍala , ( 1 ) m. or nt. (= maṇḍalaka 3), spot of [Page416-a] ground marked out and ceremonially prepared , in trimaṇḍala (2, q.v. ; note also trimaṇḍala 1, in different technical mg. ); ( 2 ) m. or nt. , = maṇḍalaka 4, q.v. : praṇipatya pañcamaṇḍala-namaskāreṇa vandiṣyante Sukh 19.8 ; see also jānumaṇḍala ; ( 3 ) m. , n. of a yakṣa: Māy 82 .
a circle; disk; round platform; circus ring; a round flat surface
Maṇḍala [cf. Vedic maṇḍala] 1. circle D I 134 (paṭhavi°, cf. puthavi° Snp 990); Vism 143 (°ṃ karoti to draw a circle, in simile), 174 (tipu° and rajata° lead° and silver circle, in kasiṇa practice); Vv-a 147 (of a fan = tālapattehi kata°-vījanī). 2. the disk of the sun or moon; suriya° Vv-a 224, 271 (divasa-kara°); canda° Vism 174; Pv-a 65. 3. a round, flat surface, e.g. jānu° the disk of the knee, i.e. the knee Pv-a 179; naḷāta° the (whole of the) forehead D I 106; Snp page 108. 4. an enclosed part of space in which something happens, a circus ring; e.g. M I 446 (circus, race-ring); assa° horse-circus, raceground, Vism 308; āpāna° drinking circle, i.e. hall; kīḷa° play-circle, i.e. games Ja VI 332, 333; Dhp-a III 146; keḷi° dice board (?) Ja I 379; gā° Thag 1143, cf. Ps.B. ibid. note 3; go° ox-round Snp 301; jūta° dicing table Ja I 293; yuddha° fighting ring Vism 190; raṅga° play-house Vv-a 139; vāta° tornado Ja I 73. 5. anything comprised within certain limits or boundaries, a group Ja V 418 (chāpa° litter of young animals). 6. border as part of a bhikkhu's dress, hem, gusset Vin I 287; II 177. -agga [cf. Sanskrit maṇḍalāgra Abhidh-r-m 2, 317 at op. cit. page 301] a circular sword or sabre Miln 339; -māla (sometimes māḷa) a circular hall with a peaked roof, a pavilion D I 2, 50 (ḷ); Miln 16 (ḷ); Snp page 104; Pj II 132 (Name of place); Vv-a 175. {517}
(nt, nt) circle; disk; ring circle, disk
(nt, nt, in comps) circular space; area around round flat surface [lit.] circle
(nt, nt) rim; ring [lit.] circle
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