# मण्डल (maṇḍala)

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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 — E. maḍi to adorn, aff. kalac
- **SLP1:** `maRqala`  **IAST:** maṇḍala  **Devanagari:** मण्डल
- **Wikipedia:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mandala
- **Declensions:** 48 forms — https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/mandala/declensions.md
- **Other headwords romanised the same way:** मंडल (maṃḍala), मण्डला (maṇḍalā)

## Meanings by context

### General Circularity, Roundness, Orb (10 definitions)
- circular, round  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H1) [Printed book page 775,3] मण्डल (maṇḍala) mf( आ (ā) )n. circular, round, Varāha-mihira’s Bṛhat-saṃhitā (Title) [ ID=154912 ]
- anything round  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > मण्डल (maṇḍala) n. anything round (but in Hemādri’s Caturvarga-cintāmaṇi (Title) also applied to anything triangular; cf. मण्डल (maṇḍala) क (maṇḍalaka) ) [ ID=154914 ]
- A circle, globe, orb, ring, circumference, ball, or wheel.  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > a circle ( instr. ‘in a circle’; also ‘the charmed c° of a conjuror’), globe, orb, ring, circumference, ball, wheel, Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa (Title) &c. &c. [ ID=154915 ]
- a ball for playing  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > a ball for playing, Mahābhārata (Title) [ ID=154918 ]
- 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*
  > मण्डल (maṇḍala) [Printed book page 213-3 ] मण्डल (maṇḍala) máṇḍa-la, a. circular, round; n., ī, f. ( rare ), disk, esp. of the sun or moon; orb, circle ( in. in a circle), ring, circumference; wheel; charmed ( of a conjurer ); n. orbit ( of a heavenly body ); n. halo round the sun or moon; n. ball, globe; m. n. circular array of troops; circle = district, province, territory, country; m. n., ī, f. circle = group, company, assemblage, troop, multitude, crowd; swarm ( of bees ); whole body, totality; circle of a kingʼs and distant neighbours ( the relations of whom to one another and to himself he should endeavour to regulate advantageously; four, six, ten, and twelve such princes are spoken of ); n. division or book of the Ṛg-veda ( of which there are ten ); m. dog. [ ID=13557 ]
- 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.  
  *Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > 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 ]
- 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*
  > मण्डल (maṇḍala) [Printed book page 390 ] मण्डल (maṇḍala) a. round, circular. — n. disk, circle, ring; district, territory, country (also f. ई (ī) ); assemblage, collection, totality, multitude, group, company, band (also m. & f. ई (ī) ); circular array of an army (also m. ); the circle of a king's neighbours, a cert. division of the Rigveda. [ ID=23514 ]
- disk, circle, ring  
  *Lanman's Sanskrit Reader Vocabulary*
  > मण्डल (maṇḍala) [Printed book page 210-b ] máṇḍala, n. disk, circle, ring. [ ID=3095 ]
- 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.  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872)*
  > 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 Page0732-b+ 79 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 ]
- a palace in the form of a circle  
  *The Purana Index*
  > Maṇḍala (II) — (Vartula): a palace in the form of a circle; the toraṇa is twenty hastas. M. 269. 36, 49. [ ID=9928 ]

### Celestial Disk, Orbit, Halo (7 definitions)
- a disk, especially of the sun or moon  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > मण्डल (maṇḍala) n. (rarely m. g. अर्धर्चा (ardharcā) दि (di), and f. ( ई (ī) ) g. गन्रा (ganrā) दि (di) ) a disk ( esp. of the sun or moon) [ ID=154913 ]
- the path or orbit of a heavenly body  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > the path or orbit of a heavenly body, Sūryasiddhānta (Title) [ ID=154916 ]
- a halo round the sun or moon  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > a halo round the sun or moon, Varāha-mihira’s Bṛhat-saṃhitā (Title) [ ID=154917 ]
- 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*
  > मण्डल (maṇḍala) [Printed book page 633 ] मण्डल (maṇḍala) mfn. ( - लः (-laḥ)- ली (-lī)- लं (-laṃ) (-laḥ-lī-laṃ) ) The disk of the sun or moon. n. ( - लं (-laṃ) ) 1 The sun's disk. 2 An orb, a circumference in general or the circle bounding the view, the sensible horizon. 3 (In astronomy,) A great circle, as नाडीमण्डल (maṇḍala) ं (nāḍīmaṇḍalaṃ) the equator, क्रान्तिमण्डल (maṇḍala) ं (krāntimaṇḍalaṃ) the ecliptic. 4 A ball, a globe. 5 A wheel. 6 A province, a region, a district, extending twenty, or according to some authorities, forty Yojanas every way. 7 The country or empire, over which the twelve princes termed Cakravartīs are supposed to have ruled; perhaps the peninsula of India, where the term Maṇḍala or Mandel is of constant occurrence, to signify a province or district, as in Coromandet, &c. 8 Surrounding or contiguous countries. 9 A sort of leprosy with circular spots. 10 A heap, a quantity, a multitude or Page634 assemblage. 11 An attitude in shooting, the fifth position, in which both knees are bent. 12 The impression or scratch of a finger nail. 13 A sort of perfume, resembling in appearance a dried shell fish. 14 A sort of mystical diagram. 15 A sweetmeat, a sugar-ball. 16 A form of array, an army drawn up in a circle. m. ( - लः (-laḥ) ) 1 A kind of snake. 2 A dog. f. ( - ली (-lī) ) Bent grass. E. मडि (maḍi) to adorn, aff. कलच् (kalac). [ ID=29177 ]
- 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*
  > मण्डल (maṇḍala) [Printed book page 568-b ] मण्डल (maṇḍala) ( लः - ली - लं ) ((laḥ-lī-laṃ)) 1. m. f. n. The disk of the sun or moon. n. Sun's disk; orb, globe; a wheel; a district; a multitude; a diagram. m. A snake; a dog. f. Bent grass. [ ID=28688 ]
- 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*
  > मण्डल (maṇḍala) [Printed book page 543-a ] मण्डल (maṇḍala) mfn. ( - लः (-laḥ)- ली (-lī)- लं (-laṃ) (-laḥ-lī-laṃ) ) The disk of the sun or moon. n. ( - लं (-laṃ) ) 1. The sun's disk. 2. An orb, a circumference in general, or the circle bounding the view, the visible horizon. 3. (In astronomy,) A great circle, as नाडीमण्डल (maṇḍala) ं (nāḍīmaṇḍalaṃ) the equator, क्रान्तिमण्डल (maṇḍala) ं (krāntimaṇḍalaṃ) the ecliptic. 4. A ball, a globe. 5. A wheel. 6. A province, a region, a district, extending twenty, or according to some authorities, forty Yojanas in every way. 7. The country or empire, over which the twelve princes termed Chakravartis are supposed to have ruled; perhaps the peninsula of India, where the term Mandala or Mandel is of constant occurrence, to signify a province or district, as in Coro Page543-b+ 60 mandel, &c. 8. Surrounding or contiguous countries. 9. A sort of leprosy with circular spots. 10. A heap, a quantity, a multitude or assemblage. 11. An attitude in shooting, the fifth position, in which both knees are bent. 12. The impression or scratch of a finger-nail. 13. A sort of perfume, resembling in appearance a dried shell-fish. 14. A sort of mystical diagram, used in summoning a divinity. 15. A sweet-meat a sugar-ball. 16. A form of array, an army drawn up in a circle. 17. A division of the Rigveda. m. ( - लः (-laḥ) ) 1. A kind of snake. 2. A dog. f. ( - ली (-lī) ) Bent grass. E. मडि (maḍi) to adorn, aff. कलच् । (kalac.) [ ID=30129 ]
- The orb of the sun and the realm of the planets, stars, and moon.  
  *The Purana Index*
  > Maṇḍala (III) — of the sun; the place of all planets, stars and the moon. Vā. 53. 28. [ ID=9929 ]

### Skin Condition, Bodily Mark, Circular Bandage (3 definitions)
- a circular bandage in surgery  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > a circular bandage (in surgery), Suśruta (Title) [ ID=154919 ]
- a type of leprosy or skin eruption with circular spots  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > मण्डल (maṇḍala) n. (also n. pl. ) a sort of cutaneous eruption or leprosy with circular spot, in the same place [Cologne Addition] (Title) [ ID=154920 ]
- a round mole or mark on the body  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > मण्डल (maṇḍala) n. a round mole or mark (caused by a finger-nail &c.) on the body, Lāṭyāyana (Author); Kātyāyana-śrauta-sūtra (Title), Sch. [ ID=154921 ]

### Territory, Province, Political Sphere (3 definitions)
- a district, territory, or province  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > a district, arrondissement, territory, province, country (often at the end of modern names, e.g. Coro-mandal coast), Inscriptions [Cologne Addition] (Title); Atharva-veda-pariśiṣṭa (Title); Mahābhārata (Title) &c. [ ID=154924 ]
- 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 surrounding district or neighbouring state, the circle of a king's near and distant neighbours (with whom he must maintain political and diplomatic relations; 4 or 6 or 10 or even 12 such neighbouring princes are enumerated), Manu-smṛti (Title) ( esp. vii, 154 &c.); Yājñavalkya (Author); Mahābhārata (Title) &c. [ ID=154925 ]
- a mountain kingdom  
  *The Purana Index*
  > मण्डल (maṇḍala) [Printed book page 2-598 ] Maṇḍala (I) — a mountain kingdom. M. 114. 56. [ ID=9927 ]

### Types of Animals (Dog, Snake) (3 definitions)
- a dog  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > मण्डल (maṇḍala) m. a dog, Lexicographers, esp. such as Amarasiṃha, Halāyudha, Hemacandra, etc. (Author) [ ID=154928 ]
- a kind of snake  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > a kind of snake, Lexicographers, esp. such as Amarasiṃha, Halāyudha, Hemacandra, etc. (Author) [ ID=154929 ]
- 1. A dog. 2. A kind of snake. 3. An army arrayed in a circle.  
  *Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > मण्डल (maṇḍala) [Printed book page 544-12 ] मण्डल (maṇḍala) (I) m. 1. A dog; 2. a kind of snake; 3. an army arrayed in a circle. [ ID=28426 ]

### Circular Military Formation (Vyūha) (2 definitions)
- a circular array of troops  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > a circular array of troops, Mahābhārata (Title); Kāmandakīya-nītisāra (Title) [ ID=154922 ]
- name of a military array  
  *Index to the Names in the Mahabharata*
  > मण्डल (maṇḍala) [Printed book page 462-1 ] Maṇḍala, name of a vyūha: VI, 3551 ( mahāvyūhaḥ ), 3552 ( vyūhaṃ ). [ ID=7038 ]

### Mystical Diagram, Ritual Circle, Sacrifice (2 definitions)
- a particular oblation or sacrifice  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > a partic. oblation or sacrifice, Lexicographers, esp. such as Amarasiṃha, Halāyudha, Hemacandra, etc. (Author) [ ID=154933 ]
- 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*
  > मण्डल (maṇḍala) [Printed book page 0677-a ] मण्डल (maṇḍala) maṇḍala, I. m. 1. A sort of sacrifice. 2. A kind of snake. 3. A dog. II. f. lī. 1. A circle, Utt. Rāmac. 66, 4. 2. Walking round, Sund. 3, 22; 24. 3. Bent grass. 4. A nest, Daśak. 151, 6. III. n. (and m. ). 1. A circle, Vikr. d. 140; Pañc. 230, 18; a globe, a ball, Pañc. 157, 25. 2. The disk of the sun or moon, Pañc. 160, 23. 3. The halo round the sun. 4. A wheel, Utt. Rāmac. 141, 3. 5. A heap, a multitude, Pañc. iii. d. 224; Ṛt. 1, 10 (at the end of a comp. adj. ); a troop, Rājat. 5, 379. 6. A district, a province, Rājat. 5, 146; an empire, ib. 155, 262. 7. Surrounding countries, Man. 7, 154. 8. A form of array, an army drawn up in a circle, Pañc. 9, 14. 9. Twelve great empires, into which the whole of India is said to have been divided in old times. 10. A sort of leprosy with circular spots. 11. A sort of mystical, diagram, Hit. 59, 22; Lass. 13, 18(?). 12. A sort of perfume, Lass. 20, 20 (? corr. perhaps maṇḍana, cf. maṇḍana and gaja- maṇḍana, s. v. bhūti ). — Comp. Ādarśa-, 1. the reflection of a mirror, Kir. 5, 41. 2. a kind of snake, Suśr. 2, 265, 11. Aśrama-, n. the dwelling-place of an- chorites, Nal. 12, 64. Kṣmā-tala-, m. or n. the terrestrial globe, earth, Lass. 68, 14. Tri-maṇḍalā, f. a poisonous kind of spider, Suśr. 2, 269, 12. Diṅ- maṇḍala, i. e. diś-, n. 1. all the quarters of the world, Bhartṛ. 3, 71. 2. the compass-card. Prakṛti-, n. the whole empire, Ragh. 9, 2. Raṅga-, n. the circuit of an assembled throng. Sūrya-, m. or n. the disk of the sun, Sāv. 7, 1. Stana-, n. the balls of the female bosom, Ṛt. 1, 8; Lass. 80, 15. [ ID=10850 ]

### Types of Plants or Botanical Substances (2 definitions)
- Panicum Dactylon  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H1B) [Printed book page 775,3] मण्डली (maṇḍalī) a ( ई (ī) ), f. Panicum Dactylon, Lexicographers, esp. such as Amarasiṃha, Halāyudha, Hemacandra, etc. (Author) [ ID=154930 ]
- Cocculus cordifolius  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > Cocculus Cordifolius, Bhāvaprakāśa (Title) [ ID=154931 ]

### Division of the Ṛgveda (1 definition)
- a division or book of the Rigveda  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > a division or book of the Ṛg-veda (of which there are 10, according to the authorship of the hymns; these are divided into 85 Anuvākas or lessons, and these again into 1017, or with the 11 additional hymns into 1028 Sūktas or hymns; the other more mechanical division, is into Aṣṭakas, Adhyāyas and Vargas q.v. ), Ṛg-veda-prātiśākhya (Title); Bṛhad-devatā (Title) &c. [ ID=154927 ]

### Group, Multitude, Assemblage (1 definition)
- a multitude, group, or collection  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > a multitude, group, band, collection, whole body, society, company, Yājñavalkya (Author); Mahābhārata (Title); Kāvya literature (Literary category) &c. [ ID=154926 ]

### Miscellaneous Substances (Perfume, Sweetmeat, etc.) (1 definition)
- Unguis Odoratus  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H1B) [Printed book page 775,3] मण्डल (maṇḍala) n. Unguis Odoratus, Lexicographers, esp. such as Amarasiṃha, Halāyudha, Hemacandra, etc. (Author) [ ID=154932 ]

### Specific Posture or Circular Movement (1 definition)
- a particular attitude in shooting  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > a partic. attitude in shooting, Lexicographers, esp. such as Amarasiṃha, Halāyudha, Hemacandra, etc. (Author) [ ID=154923 ]

## Sources

Definitions from 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, University of Cologne.

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