maMqala a. [ maMq-kalac ] Round, circular. — laH 1 A circular array of troops. 2 A dog. 3 A kind of snake. — laM 1 A circular orb, globe, wheel, ring, circumference, anything round or circular; karAlaPaRamaMqala R. 12. 98 ; AdarSamaMqalaniBAni samullasaMti Ki. 5. 41 ; suratpraBAmaMqalayA cakASe Ku. 1. 24 ; so reRumaMqala , CAyAmaqala, cApamaqala, muKamaMqala, stanamaMqala &c. 2 The charmed circle (drawn by a conjurer); Mu. 2. 1. 3 A disc, especially of the sun or moon; tenAtapatrAmalamaMqalena R. 16. 27 ; aparvaRi grahakaluzeMdumaMqalA ( viBAvarI ) M. 4. 15 ; dinamaRimaMqalamaMqana BavaKaMqana e Gīt. 1. 4 The halo round the sun or moon. 5 The path or orbit of a heavenly body. 6 A multitude, group, collection, assemblage, troop, company; evaM militena kumAramaMqalena Dk. ; aKilaM cArimaMqalaM R. 4. 4. 7 Society, association. 8 A great circle. 9 The visible horizon. 10 A district or province. 11 A surrounding district or territory. 12 (In politics) The circle of a king's near and distant neighbours; satatasukftI BUyAdBUpaH prasAditamaMqalaH Ve. 6. 44 ; upagato'pi ca maMqalanABitAM &c R. 9. 15. According to Kāmandaka quoted by Malli. the circle of a king's near and distant neighbours consists of twelve kings: — vijigIzu or the central monarch, the five kings whose dominions are in the front, and the four kings whose dominions are in the rear of his kingdom, the maDyama or intermediate, and udAsIna or indifferent king. The kings in the front as well as in the rear are designated by particular names; see Malli. ad loc. ; cf. also Śi. 2. 81 and Malli thereon. According to some the number of such kings is four, six, eight, twelve or ( pb ) even more; see Mit. on Y. 1. 345. According to others, the circle consists of three kings only: -the prAkftAri or natural enemy, (the sovereign of an adjacent country), the prAkftamitra natural ally, (the sovereign whose dominions are separated by those of another from the country of the central monarch with whom he is allied), and prAkftAdAsIna or the natural neutral, (the sovereign whose dominions lie beyond those of the natural ally). 13 A particular position of the feet in shooting. 14 A kind of mystical diagram used in invoking a divinity. 15 A division of the Ṛgveda (the whole collection being divided into 10 Maṇḍalas or eight Aṣṭakas). 16 A kind of leprosy with round spots. 17 A kind of perfume. 18 A circular bandage (in surgery). 19 A sugar-ball, sweetmeat. — lI 1 A circle, orb &c. 2 A group, assemblage. 3 Walking round, circular motion. 4 Bent grass ( dUrvA ). Comp. — agra a. round-pointed. — (graH) a bent or crooked sword, scimitar. — aDipaH, -aDISaH -ISaH , — ISvaraH 1 the ruler or governor of a district or province. 2 a king, sovereign. — AvfttiH f. circular movement; U. 3. 19. — uttamaM a principal kingdom or district. — kArmuka a. having a circular bow. — nftyaM a circular dance, dance in a ring. — nyAsaH describing a circle. — pucCakaH a kind of insect. — vawaH the fig-tree forming a circle. — vartin m. a ruler of a small province. — varzaH rain over the whole of a king's territory, general rain-fall.