trimaRqala
tri-maṇḍala ( nt. ; not noted in Pali in these senses), lit. the three circles or spheres : ( 1 ) of giving, viz. the giver, recipient, and act of giving; all must be ‘pure’, i.e. unselfish: (dānasya) dāyakasya pratigrāhakasya trimaṇḍalapariśuddhyā dānapāramitā paripūritā bhavati ŚsP 92.15 ; °la-pariśuddham Mvy 2537 = Tib. ḥkhor gsum (see Das s.v. ) yoṅs su dag pa ; trimaṇḍala-pariśodhanadāna-parityāgī LV 181.8 (said of Buddha); dadato dattvā ca trimaṇḍala-pariśodhitaṃ dānaprāmodyam Śikṣ 183.11 ; ( 2 ) tri-maṇḍalaṃ kṛtvā pūrvaṃ śāstuḥ praṇāmaṃ kārayitvā … śaraṇagamana-śikṣāpadāni dadāti Bhīk 9a.4 , here prob. threefold sacred plot of ground (for the rite), see maṇḍala (1), maṇḍalaka (3). In Laṅk 35.5 trimaṇḍala-padam a-trimaṇḍalapadaṃ, formulaic, no context; precise mg. obscure.