मण्डल [ maṇḍala ] [ máṇḍala ] m. f. n. circular , round Lit. VarBṛS.

[ maṇḍala ] n. ( rarely m. g. [ ardharcādi ] , and f. ( [ ī ] ) g. [ ganrādi ] ) a disk (esp. of the sun or moon)

n. anything round ( but in Lit. Hcat. also applied to anything triangular ; cf. [ maṇḍalaka ] )

a circle (instr. " in a circle " ; also " the charmed circle of a conjuror " ) , globe , orb , ring , circumference , ball , wheel Lit. ŚBr.

the path or orbit of a heavenly body Lit. Sūryas.

a halo round the sun or moon Lit. VarBṛS.

a ball for playing Lit. MBh.

a circular bandage (in surgery) Lit. Suśr.

n. ( also n. pl.) a sort of cutaneous eruption or leprosy with circular spot Lit. ib.

n. a round mole or mark (caused by a finger-nail ) on the body Lit. Lāṭy. Lit. KātyŚr. Sch.

a circular array of troops Lit. MBh. Lit. Kām.

a partic. attitude in shooting Lit. L.

a district , arrondissement , territory , province , country (often at the end of modern names e.g. Coro-mandal coast) Lit. Inscr. Lit. AV.Pariś. Lit. MBh.

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) Lit. Mn. (esp. vii , 154 ) Lit. Yājñ. Lit. MBh.

a multitude , group , band , collection , whole body , society , company Lit. Yājñ. Lit. MBh. Lit. Kāv.

a division or book of the Ṛig-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 Sûktas or hymns ; the other more mechanical division , is into Ashṭakas , Adhyāyas and Vargas q.v.) Lit. RPrāt. Lit. Bṛih.

m. a dog Lit. L.

a kind of snake Lit. L.

[ maṇḍalī ] f. Panicum Dactylon Lit. L.

[ maṇḍala ] m. Cocculus Cordifolius Lit. Bhpr.

n. Unguis Odoratus Lit. L.

a partic. oblation or sacrifice Lit. L.