Pāli Dictionary

maṇḍala

Part of speech

noun · neuter

general

  • 円；円盤；輪；円形の場所（太陽・月の輪、闘技場、円形の平面など）

  • a circle; disk; ring; round platform or area (e.g. the disk of the sun/moon, a circus ring, a round flat surface)

  • Snp 3.11

    anekasākhañ'ca sahassamaṇḍalaṃ, chattaṃ marū dhārayum'antalikkhe, suvaṇṇadaṇḍā vītipatanti cāmarā, na dissare cāmarachattagāhakā.

  • AN 7.62

    adaṇḍena asatthena, vijeyya pathaviṃ imaṃ, asāhasena kammena, samena anusāsi taṃ, dhammena rajjaṃ kāretvā, asmiṃ pathavimaṇḍale.

  • （馬が）円を描いて歩くこと、調馬；（注釈書）騎乗のまま地上の武器を取ること

  • (of a horse) moving in a circle, lunging; (commentarial) reaching for a weapon on the ground while mounted

  • MN 65

    yato kho, bhaddāli, bhadro ass'ājānīyo abhiṇhakāraṇā anupubbakāraṇā tasmiṃ ṭhāne parinibbuto hoti, tam'enaṃ assadamako uttari kāraṇaṃ kāreti anukkame maṇḍale khurakāse dhāve davatte rājaguṇe rājavaṃse uttame jave uttame haye uttame sākhalye.

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