मन्दर [ mandara ] [ mandara ] m. f. n. slow , tardy , sluggish (= [ manda ] ) Lit. L.

  large , thick , firm (= [ bahala ] ) Lit. L.

  [ mandara ] m. a pearl chain consisting of 8 or 16 strings Lit. L.

  N. of a sacred mountain (the residence of various deities ; it served the gods and Asuras for a churning-stick at the churning of the ocean for the recovery of the Amṛita and thirteen other precious things lost during the deluge) Lit. MBh. Lit. Kāv.

  heaven (= [ svarga ] ; cf. [ meru ] ) Lit. L.

  a mirror Lit. L.

  a kind of metre Lit. Col.

  N. of a Brāhman Lit. Cat.

  of a Vidyā-dhara Lit. Kathās.

  of a son of Hiraṇya-kaśipu (B. [ mandāra ] )

  of a tree of paradise or one of the 5 trees in Indra's heaven ( = [ mandāra ] ) Lit. L.