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Definition of Mandala
1. Noun. Any of various geometric designs (usually circular) symbolizing the universe; used chiefly in Hinduism and Buddhism as an aid to meditation.
Definition of Mandala
1. Noun. (Hinduism Buddhism) Any ritualistic geometric design, symbolic of the Universe, used as an aid to meditation. ¹
2. Noun. A division or book of the Rigveda (of which there are 10). ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Mandala
1. a Hindu or Buddhist graphic symbol of the universe [n -S] : MANDALIC [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mandala
Literary usage of Mandala
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Dancing with Siva: Hinduism's Contemporary Catechism by Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami (2003)
"... Upanishad Six—Family Life mandala 15: Husband and Wife 85 mandala 16: Marriage
91 mandala 17: Children 97 Upanishad Seven—Sacred Culture mandala 18: ..."
2. Report of a Tour in the Central Provinces and Lower Gangetic Doab in 1881-82 by Alexander Cunningham (1884)
"mandala. The fort of mandala is picturesquely situated in a bend of the ...
mandala is not properly the name of a place, as it means only a district. ..."
3. Nichiren, the Buddhist Prophet by Masaharu Anesaki (1916)
"Whatever Nichiren's followers may claim about this mandala and the postscripts,
and whatever criticism modern scholars may make, it remains an undoubted ..."
4. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bombay by Asiatic Society of Bombay (1902)
"The 4th mandala contains no apn. In the 5th mandala, the 5th hymn is again an dpri
... The 6th mandala again has no dpri in il ; but the 2nd hymn in the 7th ..."
5. The Earliest Cosmologies: The Universe as Pictured in Thought by Ancient by William Fairfield Warren (1909)
"... I—THE mandala OBLATION EVERY day in the year, in every Lamaist temple in Tibet,
there is offered up by the officiating priest a notable oblation. ..."
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