मण्डलmaṇḍala

मण्डल (maṇḍala) is a Sanskrit word meaning circular, round, a disk, especially of the sun or moon, anything round, a circle, globe, orb, ring, circumference, ball, or wheel, the path or orbit of a heavenly body, a halo round the sun or moon. Its 36 recorded definitions are grouped into 12 contexts, among them General Circularity, Roundness, Orb, Celestial Disk, Orbit, Halo, Skin Condition, Bodily Mark, Circular Bandage.

Etymology: E. मडि to adorn, aff. कलच्
Definitions: 36

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Meanings by context

General Circularity, Roundness, Orb

10 definitions

circular, round

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

anything round

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

A circle, globe, orb, ring, circumference, ball, or wheel.

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

a ball for playing

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

1. Circular or round. 2. A disk, orb, circle, ring, wheel, circumference, orbit, halo, ball, or globe. 3. A circular array of troops. 4. A district, province, territory, or country. 5. A group, company, assemblage, multitude, crowd, swarm, or totality. 6. A circle of neighboring kings. 7. A division or book of the Rigveda. 8. A dog.

— Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Anything round or circular. 2. A disk, especially of the sun or moon. 3. A circle, globe, or ring. 4. The orbit of a heavenly body. 5. The visible horizon. 6. A halo around the sun or moon. 7. A district, territory, or province. 8. A particular position of the feet in shooting. 9. A mystical diagram used in summoning a divinity. 10. A multitude, group, or company. 11. A sort of leprosy with circular spots. 12. A sort of perfume. 13. The circle of a king's neighboring states in politics. 14. A division of the Rigveda.

मण्डल (maṇḍala) (II) n. 1. Anything round or circular, वपुर्महोरगस्येव करालफणमंडलम् (vapurmahoragasyeva karālaphaṇamaṃḍalam) R. xii.98, सहारयष्टिस्तनमंडलार्पणैः (sahārayaṣṭistanamaṃḍalārpaṇaiḥ) Rt. i.8, Sis. ix.66, K.S. i.24; 2. a disk, especially the disk of the sun or moon, दिनमणिमण्डल (maṇḍala)मण्डन (dinamaṇimaṇḍalamaṇḍana) Git.G. i.; 3. a circle, a globe, a circumference, a ring, असह्यवातोद्गतरेणुमण्डल (maṇḍala)ा प्रचंडसूर्यातपतापिता मही (asahyavātodgatareṇumaṇḍalā pracaṃḍasūryātapatāpitā mahī) Rt. i.10, छायामण्डल (maṇḍala)लक्ष्येण तमदृश्या किल स्वयम् (chāyāmaṇḍalalakṣyeṇa tamadṛśyā kila svayam) R. iv.5; 4. the orbit of a heavenly body; 5. the visible horizon; 6. a halo round the sun or moon; 7. a district, a territory, a province (as in चोलमण्डल (maṇḍala) (colamaṇḍala)); 8. a particular position of the feet in shooting; 9. a kind of mystical diagram used in summoning a divinity; 10. a multitude, an assemblage, a collection, a group, a company, तेन सिंहासनं पित्र्यमखिलं चारिमण्डल (maṇḍala)म् (tena siṃhāsanaṃ pitryamakhilaṃ cārimaṇḍalam) R. iv.4, हसति स्वैरं सखीमण्डल (maṇḍala)े (hasati svairaṃ sakhīmaṇḍale) Git.G. viii.; 11. a sort of leprosy with circular spots; 12. a sort of perfume; 13. the circle of a king’s near and distant neighbours (in politics); [such neighbouring princes are enumerated to be eight, twelve or sixteen; See Yaj. i.345, and Vijnyāneśvara’s gloss on it; Rāghavānanda on M. vii.158 defines the circle to consist of three kings on each of the four frontiers of the kingdom; the immediate neighbours are the enemies (अरि (ari)), and their neighbours the friends (मित्र (mitra)) of the central king, while the kings next to them are neutral (उदासीन (udāsīna))]; 14. a division of the Ṛigveda; (the whole sanhita of the Ṛigveda is divided into ten maṇḍalas). [ID=28427]

— Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Round or circular. 2. A disk, circle, or ring. 3. A district, territory, or country. 4. An assemblage, collection, totality, or group. 5. A circular array of an army. 6. The circle of a king's neighbors. 7. A division of the Rigveda.

— Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

disk, circle, ring

— Lanman's Sanskrit Reader Vocabulary

1. Round. 2. A circular array of troops. 3. A species of snake. 4. A dog. 5. A disk, especially of the sun or moon. 6. Anything round, such as a circle, globe, ball, orb, wheel, circumference, or ring. 7. The path or orbit of a heavenly body. 8. A great circle in astronomy. 9. The visible horizon. 10. A halo around the sun or moon. 11. Any circular figure, diagram, or mystical diagram used in summoning a divinity. 12. A circular surgical bandage. 13. A round mark, such as one caused by a fingernail. 14. A particular attitude or position of the feet in shooting. 15. A district, territory, or province. 16. The circle of a king's neighboring rulers for political and diplomatic relations. 17. A multitude, assemblage, group, troop, collection, band, or society. 18. A major division of the Rigveda. 19. A type of cutaneous eruption or leprosy with circular spots. 20. A sugar-ball or sweetmeat. 21. A sort of perfume. 22. A particular oblation or sacrifice.

मण्डल (maṇḍala) [Printed book page 0732-a]
मण्डल (maṇḍala) maṇḍala, as, ā, am (said to be fr.

rt. maṇḍ), round; (as), m. a circular array of troops,

an army drawn up in a circle; a species of snake; a

dog; (am), n. a disk (especially the disk of the sun

or moon); anything round (e. g. ādarśa-maṇḍa-

lam, a mirror; cāpa-maṇḍalam, the circular bend

of a strung bow); a circle, globe, ball, orb, wheel,

circumference, ring, (said to be also as, m.); the

path or orbit of a heavenly body; a great circle (in

astronomy); the visible horizon; a halo round the

sun or moon; any circular figure or diagram; a sort

of mystical diagram formed in summoning a divinity,

&c. a circular bandage (in surgery); a round mark

(as a mark caused by a finger-nail, &c.); a parti-

cular attitude or position of the feet in shooting; a

district, arrondissement, territory, province (sometimes

at the end of modern names as in Coro-mandal, the

whole circle of territory over which one of the twelve

emperors termed Cakra-vartins was supposed to have

reigned in ancient times); a surrounding district or

territory, the circle of a king's near and distant

neighbours (with whom he must maintain political

and diplomatic relations; four or six or ten or even

twelve such neighbouring princes are enumerated);

a multitude, assemblage, group, troop, collection,

band, whole body, association, society, company,

heap; a division of the Ṛg-veda, (the whole Saṃ-

hitā of the Śākala school, which is the only extant

Śākhā or recension of the Ṛg-veda, is divided into

ten Maṇḍalas, and these into 85 Anuvākas or

sections, and these again into 1017, or with the

eleven additional hymns, into 1028 Sūktas or hymns,

which again are divided into 10, 417 Ṛcs or verses,

and these into 153, 826 Padas or words; the other

method of division is into Aṣṭakas, Adhyāyas,

Vargas, Ṛcs, and Padas; cf. varga); a sort of

cutaneous eruption or leprosy with circular spots, (in

this sense also n. pl.); a sugar-ball, sweetmeat; a

sort of perfume (= vyāghra-nakha); a particular

oblation or sacrifice; (ī), f. a circle, &c. an assem-

blage, company, corporate body, church, multitude,

crowd; walking round, whirling, circular motion; a

nest; bent grass, Panicum Dactylon (see dūrvā).

—Maṇḍala-kārmuka, as, ā, am, having a circular

bow or whose bow is bent; [cf. maṇḍalī-kṛta.]

—Maṇḍala-cihna, am, n. the sign or mark of a

circle. —Maṇḍala-nṛtya, am, n. a circular dance

(especially a dance like that said to have been

danced by the Gopīs round Kṛṣṇa and his mistress

Rādhā; also read maṇḍalī-nṛtya). —Maṇḍala-

nyāsa, am, n. the putting down or drawing a

circle; maṇḍala-nyāsaṃ kṛ, to describe a circle.

—Maṇḍala-pattrikā, f. a red-flowering Punar-

navā. —Maṇḍala-pucchaka, as, m. a species of

insect. —Maṇḍala-brāhmaṇa, am, n., N. of an

Upaniṣad. —Maṇḍala-bhāga, as, m. part of a

circle. —Maṇḍala-vaṭa, as, m. an Indian fig-tree

forming a circle; [cf. maṇḍalin.] —Maṇḍala-var-

tin, ī, m. the governor of a province, ruler of a

small kingdom; [cf. cakra-vartin.] —Maṇḍala-

varṣa, am, n. (probably) general rain extending

over a whole country, lasting rain. —Maṇḍala-śas,

ind. by circles, in circles, in rings. —Maṇḍalāgra

(°la-ag°), as, ā, am, round-pointed, having a round

point or end; (as), m. a bent or rounded sword, a

scimitar, sabre; (am), n., scil. śastra, a surgeon's

circular knife. —Maṇḍalādhipa or maṇḍalādhīśa

(°la-adh°), as, m. the lord of a district, ruler or
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governor of a province, king of a country, a monarch,

emperor. —Maṇḍalī-karaṇa, am, n. the act of

making round, rounding, gathering in a ball or

circle, coiling, &c. —Maṇḍalī-kṛ, cl. 8. P. -karoti,

-kartum, to make round, form into a circle or ball,

form into a ring, coil. —Maṇḍalī-kṛta, as, ā, am,

formed into a circle, made circular, rounded, curved,

tense, bent (as a bow). —Maṇḍalī-nṛtya = maṇ-

ḍala-nṛtya, q. v. —Maṇḍalī-bhū, cl. 1. P. -bha-

vati, -bhavitum, to become round, to form a circle.

—Maṇḍalī-bhūta, as, ā, am, become round, be-

come circular or rounded, curved, bent (as a bow).

—Maṇḍaleśa (°la-īśa) or maṇḍaleśvara (°la-

īś°), as, m. the lord of a district, ruler or governor

of a province. —Maṇḍaleśa-tva, am, n. rulership

of a province, governorship. —Maṇḍalottama (°la-

ut°), am, n. the best or most excellent empire,

principal kingdom. [ID=36182]

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872)

a palace in the form of a circle

— The Purana Index

Celestial Disk, Orbit, Halo

7 definitions

a disk, especially of the sun or moon

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

the path or orbit of a heavenly body

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

a halo round the sun or moon

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

1. The disk of the sun or moon. 2. An orb, circumference, or the sensible horizon. 3. A great circle in astronomy. 4. A ball or globe. 5. A wheel. 6. A province, region, or district. 7. Surrounding or contiguous countries. 8. A sort of leprosy with circular spots. 9. A heap, quantity, or assemblage. 10. An archery stance with both knees bent. 11. A nail scratch. 12. A sort of perfume. 13. A mystical diagram. 14. A sweetmeat or sugar-ball. 15. A circular military array. 16. A kind of snake. 17. A dog. 18. Bent grass.

— Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. The disk of the sun or moon, or an orb, globe, or wheel. 2. A district. 3. A multitude. 4. A diagram. 5. A snake or dog. 6. Bent grass.

— Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. The disk of the sun or moon. 2. An orb, circumference, or visible horizon. 3. A great circle in astronomy. 4. A ball or globe. 5. A wheel. 6. A province, region, or district. 7. Surrounding or contiguous countries. 8. A sort of leprosy with circular spots. 9. A heap, quantity, or multitude. 10. A particular attitude in shooting. 11. The impression of a fingernail. 12. A sort of perfume. 13. A mystical diagram used in summoning a divinity. 14. A sweetmeat or sugar-ball. 15. A circular military array. 16. A division of the Rigveda. 17. A kind of snake. 18. A dog. 19. Bent grass.

— Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

The orb of the sun and the realm of the planets, stars, and moon.

— The Purana Index

Skin Condition, Bodily Mark, Circular Bandage

3 definitions

a circular bandage in surgery

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

a type of leprosy or skin eruption with circular spots

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

a round mole or mark on the body

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Territory, Province, Political Sphere

3 definitions

a district, territory, or province

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

A surrounding district, neighbouring state, or the circle of a king's neighbours for political and diplomatic relations.

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

a mountain kingdom

— The Purana Index

Types of Animals (Dog, Snake)

3 definitions

a dog

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

a kind of snake

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

1. A dog. 2. A kind of snake. 3. An army arrayed in a circle.

— Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Circular Military Formation (Vyūha)

2 definitions

a circular array of troops

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

name of a military array

— Index to the Names in the Mahabharata

Mystical Diagram, Ritual Circle, Sacrifice

2 definitions

a particular oblation or sacrifice

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

1. A sort of sacrifice 2. A kind of snake 3. A dog 4. A circle 5. Walking round 6. Bent grass 7. A nest 8. A globe or ball 9. The disk of the sun or moon 10. The halo round the sun 11. A wheel 12. A heap, multitude, or troop 13. A district, province, or empire 14. Surrounding countries 15. An army drawn up in a circle 16. Twelve great empires of ancient India 17. A sort of leprosy with circular spots 18. A mystical diagram 19. A sort of perfume

— Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Types of Plants or Botanical Substances

2 definitions

Panicum Dactylon

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Cocculus cordifolius

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Division of the Ṛgveda

1 definition

a division or book of the Rigveda

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Group, Multitude, Assemblage

1 definition

a multitude, group, or collection

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Miscellaneous Substances (Perfume, Sweetmeat, etc.)

1 definition

Unguis Odoratus

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Specific Posture or Circular Movement

1 definition

a particular attitude in shooting

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

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Definitions on this page come from 12 works: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Index to the Names in the Mahabharata, Lanman's Sanskrit Reader Vocabulary, Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872), Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899), Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary, The Purana Index, Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary. Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon.