maRqalin
maṇḍalin , adj. , or subst. m. , ( 1 ) usually with rājan [Page416-b] (= AMg. id. , Sheth ; cf. prec. and Skt. māṇḍalika; māṇḍalika-rājan Mvy 3674 , so also Mironov , cited in BR from Minayev as maṇḍalaka°), ruler of a (minor) region ; as subst. king : mṛgamaṇḍalīva Mv ii.405.2 ( vs ) like a king of beasts (= a lion) ; maṇḍalino rājāno praṇata mahyaṃ Mv ii.40.9 ( vs ), said by Śuddhodana, referring to the time of the Bodhisattvaʼs birth; esp. in contrast with more powerful monarchs, rājānaś ca maṇḍalino balacakravartinaś (see this) caturdvīpakacakravartinaś (see this) ca SP 6.4 and 20.6 (prose); the same three in reverse order, rājñāṃ … cakravartināṃ balacakravartīn' atha maṇḍalīnām SP 362.8 ( vs ); rājāno maṇḍalinas … (rājānaṃ cakravartinaṃ pratyuttiṣṭhanti) LV 15.2 ; ( 2 ) m. or nt. , in Divy 359.19 ( vs , printed as prose) seems to be used of a small body of water, in contrast with the ocean, as a mustard-seed with Mt. Meru, or a firefly with the sun: (kiṃ) sarṣapena (so!) samatāṃ nayasīha Meruṃ, khadyotakena raviṃ (read ravi, m.c. ) maṇḍalinā samudram, why are you here making … the sea equal to a maṇḍalin? I cannot explain the word, which is not noted in Index or Notes to ed.
Maṇḍalin (adjective) [from maṇḍala] 1. circular Thag 863 (maṇḍali-pākāra). 2. having a disk, orbed (of the sun) S I 51 = Vv-a 116.