maṇḍala

See also: mandala

English

Noun

maṇḍala (plural maṇḍalas)

1. Alternative spelling of mandala

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:maṇḍala.

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Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 𑀫𑀡𑁆𑀟𑀮 (Brahmi script)
• मण्डल (Devanagari script)
• মণ্ডল (Bengali script)
• මණ‍්ඩල (Sinhalese script)
• မဏ္ဍလ or မꧣ္ꩨလ or မꧣ်ꩨလ (Burmese script)
• มณฺฑล or มัณฑะละ (Thai script)
• ᨾᨱ᩠ᨯᩃ (Tai Tham script)
• ມຓ຺ຑລ or ມັຓຑະລະ (Lao script)
• មណ្ឌល (Khmer script)
• 𑄟𑄕𑄴𑄓𑄣 (Chakma script)

Noun

maṇḍala n

1. circle
2. disc
3. round platform
4. circus ring
5. round flat surface

Declension

Declension table of "maṇḍala" (neuter)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	maṇḍalaṃ	maṇḍalāni
Accusative (second)	maṇḍalaṃ	maṇḍalāni
Instrumental (third)	maṇḍalena	maṇḍalehi or maṇḍalebhi
Dative (fourth)	maṇḍalassa or maṇḍalāya or maṇḍalatthaṃ	maṇḍalānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	maṇḍalasmā or maṇḍalamhā or maṇḍalā	maṇḍalehi or maṇḍalebhi
Genitive (sixth)	maṇḍalassa	maṇḍalānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	maṇḍalasmiṃ or maṇḍalamhi or maṇḍale	maṇḍalesu
Vocative (calling)	maṇḍala	maṇḍalāni

Descendants

• → Burmese: မဏ္ဍိုင် (manduing)
• → Khmer: មណ្ឌល (mŭəndŭəl)
• → Shan: မၢၼ်ႇတႅင်ႇ (màan tèng)