मण्डल
Pali
Alternative forms
Alternative forms
- maṇḍala (Latin script)
- 𑀫𑀡𑁆𑀟𑀮 (Brahmi 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)
Noun
मण्डल n
- circle
- disc
- round platform
- circus ring
- round flat surface
Declension
Declension table of "मण्डल" (neuter)
Case \\ Number | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative (first) | मण्डलं (maṇḍalaṃ) | मण्डलानि (maṇḍalāni) |
Accusative (second) | मण्डलं (maṇḍalaṃ) | मण्डलानि (maṇḍalāni) |
Instrumental (third) | मण्डलेन (maṇḍalena) | मण्डलेहि (maṇḍalehi) or मण्डलेभि (maṇḍalebhi) |
Dative (fourth) | मण्डलस्स (maṇḍalassa) or मण्डलाय (maṇḍalāya) or मण्डलत्थं (maṇḍalatthaṃ) | मण्डलानं (maṇḍalānaṃ) |
Ablative (fifth) | मण्डलस्मा (maṇḍalasmā) or मण्डलम्हा (maṇḍalamhā) or मण्डला (maṇḍalā) | मण्डलेहि (maṇḍalehi) or मण्डलेभि (maṇḍalebhi) |
Genitive (sixth) | मण्डलस्स (maṇḍalassa) | मण्डलानं (maṇḍalānaṃ) |
Locative (seventh) | मण्डलस्मिं (maṇḍalasmiṃ) or मण्डलम्हि (maṇḍalamhi) or मण्डले (maṇḍale) | मण्डलेसु (maṇḍalesu) |
Vocative (calling) | मण्डल (maṇḍala) | मण्डलानि (maṇḍalāni) |
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- ᬫᬡ᭄ᬟᬮ (Balinese script)
- মণ্ডল (Assamese script)
- মণ্ডল (Bengali script)
- 𑰦𑰜𑰿𑰚𑰩 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀫𑀡𑁆𑀟𑀮 (Brahmi script)
- 𑌮𑌣𑍍𑌡𑌲 (Grantha script)
- મણ્ડલ (Gujarati script)
- ਮਣੑਡਲ (Gurmukhi script)
- ꦩꦟ꧀ꦝꦭ (Javanese script)
- មណ្ឌល (Khmer script)
- ಮಣ್ಡಲ (Kannada script)
- ມຓ຺ຑລ (Lao script)
- മണ്ഡല (Malayalam script)
- 𑘦𑘜𑘿𑘚𑘩 (Modi script)
- ᠮᠠᢏᢎᠠᠯᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- ᠮᠠᢏᡷᠠᠯᠠ (Manchu script)
- မဏ္ဍလ (Burmese script)
- 𑧆𑦼𑧠𑦺𑧉 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐩𑐞𑑂𑐜𑐮 (Newa script)
- ମଣ୍ଡଲ (Oriya script)
- ꢪꢠ꣄ꢞꢭ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆩𑆟𑇀𑆝𑆬 (Sharada script)
- 𑖦𑖜𑖿𑖚𑖩 (Siddham script)
- මණ්ඩල (Sinhalese script)
- మణ్డల (Telugu script)
- มณฺฑล (Thai script)
- མ་ཎྜ་ལ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒧𑒝𑓂𑒛𑒪 (Tirhuta script)
Etymology
A substrate word or from a Proto-Indo-European *melnd-, *mernd- (“to turn”).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /mɐɳ.ɖɐ.lɐ/
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈmɐɳ.ɖɐ.l̪ɐ/
Adjective
मण्डल • (maṇḍala)
- circular, round
Declension
Masculine a-stem declension of मण्डल (maṇḍala) | |||
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Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | मण्डलः maṇḍalaḥ | मण्डलौ maṇḍalau | मण्डलाः / मण्डलासः¹ maṇḍalāḥ / maṇḍalāsaḥ¹ |
Vocative | मण्डल maṇḍala | मण्डलौ maṇḍalau | मण्डलाः / मण्डलासः¹ maṇḍalāḥ / maṇḍalāsaḥ¹ |
Accusative | मण्डलम् maṇḍalam | मण्डलौ maṇḍalau | मण्डलान् maṇḍalān |
Instrumental | मण्डलेन maṇḍalena | मण्डलाभ्याम् maṇḍalābhyām | मण्डलैः / मण्डलेभिः¹ maṇḍalaiḥ / maṇḍalebhiḥ¹ |
Dative | मण्डलाय maṇḍalāya | मण्डलाभ्याम् maṇḍalābhyām | मण्डलेभ्यः maṇḍalebhyaḥ |
Ablative | मण्डलात् maṇḍalāt | मण्डलाभ्याम् maṇḍalābhyām | मण्डलेभ्यः maṇḍalebhyaḥ |
Genitive | मण्डलस्य maṇḍalasya | मण्डलयोः maṇḍalayoḥ | मण्डलानाम् maṇḍalānām |
Locative | मण्डले maṇḍale | मण्डलयोः maṇḍalayoḥ | मण्डलेषु maṇḍaleṣu |
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Feminine ā-stem declension of मण्डला (maṇḍalā) | |||
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Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | मण्डला maṇḍalā | मण्डले maṇḍale | मण्डलाः maṇḍalāḥ |
Vocative | मण्डले maṇḍale | मण्डले maṇḍale | मण्डलाः maṇḍalāḥ |
Accusative | मण्डलाम् maṇḍalām | मण्डले maṇḍale | मण्डलाः maṇḍalāḥ |
Instrumental | मण्डलया / मण्डला¹ maṇḍalayā / maṇḍalā¹ | मण्डलाभ्याम् maṇḍalābhyām | मण्डलाभिः maṇḍalābhiḥ |
Dative | मण्डलायै maṇḍalāyai | मण्डलाभ्याम् maṇḍalābhyām | मण्डलाभ्यः maṇḍalābhyaḥ |
Ablative | मण्डलायाः maṇḍalāyāḥ | मण्डलाभ्याम् maṇḍalābhyām | मण्डलाभ्यः maṇḍalābhyaḥ |
Genitive | मण्डलायाः maṇḍalāyāḥ | मण्डलयोः maṇḍalayoḥ | मण्डलानाम् maṇḍalānām |
Locative | मण्डलायाम् maṇḍalāyām | मण्डलयोः maṇḍalayoḥ | मण्डलासु maṇḍalāsu |
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Neuter a-stem declension of मण्डल (maṇḍala) | |||
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Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | मण्डलम् maṇḍalam | मण्डले maṇḍale | मण्डलानि / मण्डला¹ maṇḍalāni / maṇḍalā¹ |
Vocative | मण्डल maṇḍala | मण्डले maṇḍale | मण्डलानि / मण्डला¹ maṇḍalāni / maṇḍalā¹ |
Accusative | मण्डलम् maṇḍalam | मण्डले maṇḍale | मण्डलानि / मण्डला¹ maṇḍalāni / maṇḍalā¹ |
Instrumental | मण्डलेन maṇḍalena | मण्डलाभ्याम् maṇḍalābhyām | मण्डलैः / मण्डलेभिः¹ maṇḍalaiḥ / maṇḍalebhiḥ¹ |
Dative | मण्डलाय maṇḍalāya | मण्डलाभ्याम् maṇḍalābhyām | मण्डलेभ्यः maṇḍalebhyaḥ |
Ablative | मण्डलात् maṇḍalāt | मण्डलाभ्याम् maṇḍalābhyām | मण्डलेभ्यः maṇḍalebhyaḥ |
Genitive | मण्डलस्य maṇḍalasya | मण्डलयोः maṇḍalayoḥ | मण्डलानाम् maṇḍalānām |
Locative | मण्डले maṇḍale | मण्डलयोः maṇḍalayoḥ | मण्डलेषु maṇḍaleṣu |
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Noun
मण्डल • (maṇḍala) n
- (rarely m) disk (especially of the sun or moon)
- anything round (but in Hemādri's Caturvarga-cintāmaṇi also applied to anything triangular; compare मण्डलक (maṇḍalaka))
- circle (in instrumental: “in a circle”; also “the charmed circle of a conjuror”), globe, orb, ring, circumference, ball, wheel
- the path or orbit of a heavenly body
- a halo round the sun or moon
- a ball used for playing
- (surgery) circular bandage
- (also in plural) a sort of cutaneous eruption or leprosy with circular spot
- round mole or mark (caused by a finger-nail etc.) on the body
- circular array of troops
- a particular attitude in shooting
- district, arrondissement, territory, province, country (often at the end of modern names e.g. Coro-mandal coast)
- 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)
- a multitude, group, band, collection, whole body, society, company
- mandala (division of the book of the Rigveda)
- unguis odoratus, onycha
- a particular oblation or sacrifice
Declension
Neuter a-stem declension of मण्डल (maṇḍala) | |||
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Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | मण्डलम् maṇḍalam | मण्डले maṇḍale | मण्डलानि / मण्डला¹ maṇḍalāni / maṇḍalā¹ |
Vocative | मण्डल maṇḍala | मण्डले maṇḍale | मण्डलानि / मण्डला¹ maṇḍalāni / maṇḍalā¹ |
Accusative | मण्डलम् maṇḍalam | मण्डले maṇḍale | मण्डलानि / मण्डला¹ maṇḍalāni / maṇḍalā¹ |
Instrumental | मण्डलेन maṇḍalena | मण्डलाभ्याम् maṇḍalābhyām | मण्डलैः / मण्डलेभिः¹ maṇḍalaiḥ / maṇḍalebhiḥ¹ |
Dative | मण्डलाय maṇḍalāya | मण्डलाभ्याम् maṇḍalābhyām | मण्डलेभ्यः maṇḍalebhyaḥ |
Ablative | मण्डलात् maṇḍalāt | मण्डलाभ्याम् maṇḍalābhyām | मण्डलेभ्यः maṇḍalebhyaḥ |
Genitive | मण्डलस्य maṇḍalasya | मण्डलयोः maṇḍalayoḥ | मण्डलानाम् maṇḍalānām |
Locative | मण्डले maṇḍale | मण्डलयोः maṇḍalayoḥ | मण्डलेषु maṇḍaleṣu |
Notes |
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Descendants
- Dardic:
- Kalasha: māṇḍal (“coffin”), māṇḍau
- Kashmiri: manḍul (“circle”)
- Devanagari: मन्डुल
- Arabic: مانڈل
- Prakrit: 𑀫𑀀𑀟𑀮 (mam̐ḍala), 𑀫𑀁𑀟𑀮𑀻 (maṃḍalī)
- Central:
- Shauraseni Prakrit:
- Hindustani: mãḍal, mãḍlī
- Hindi: मंडल, मंडली
- Urdu: مَںڈَل, مَںڈلِی
- Old Gujarati: मांदलिइं (māṃdaliiṃ)
- Romani: mandal (“village”)
- Hindustani: mãḍal, mãḍlī
- Shauraseni Prakrit:
- Eastern:
- Magadhi Prakrit:
- Assamese: মাৰল (marol)
- Oriya: ମଣ୍ଡଳ (môṇḍôḷô), ମୁଣ୍ଡୁଳା (muṇḍuḷa), ମୁଣ୍ଡୁଳୀ (muṇḍuḷi)
- Bihari:
- Maithili: maṛᵃrā, mā̃ṛᵊrɨ, maṛro
- Devanagari: मड़रा, माँड़रि, मड़्रो
- Tirhuta: 𑒧𑒛𑓃𑒩𑒰, 𑒧𑒰𑒿𑒛𑓃𑒩, 𑒧𑒛𑓃𑓂𑒩𑒽
- Maithili: maṛᵃrā, mā̃ṛᵊrɨ, maṛro
- Magadhi Prakrit:
- Northern:
- Khasa Prakrit:
- Nepali: मडेउलि (maḍeuli)
- Khasa Prakrit:
- Southern:
- Elu Prakrit:
- Dhivehi: މަޑުލު (maḍulu), މަޑުލަ (maḍula)
- Sinhalese: මඩුල්ල (maḍulla), මැඩිල්ල (mæḍilla)
- Maharashtra Prakrit:
- Marathi: mãḍaḷ, mā̃ḍaḷ
- Devanagari: मंडळ (maṇḍaḷ), मांडळ (māṇḍaḷ)
- Modi: 𑘦𑘽𑘚𑘯 (maṇḍaḷ), 𑘦𑘰𑘽𑘚𑘯 (māṇḍaḷ)
- Marathi: mãḍaḷ, mā̃ḍaḷ
- Elu Prakrit:
- Western:
- Paisaci Prakrit:
- Punjabi: maṇḍal (“circle, orb”), maṇḍlī (“assembly”)
- Gurmukhi: ਮੰਡਲ, ਮੰਡਲੀ
- Shahmukhi: مَݨڈَل, مَݨڈلِی
- Lahnda: منلا (mannlā, “lid of a churn”)
- Punjabi: maṇḍal (“circle, orb”), maṇḍlī (“assembly”)
- Paisaci Prakrit:
- Central:
- → Bengali: মণ্ডল (mônḍôl)
- → Hindi: मंडल (maṇḍal)
- → Punjabi: ਮੰਡਲ (maṇḍal)
- → Tamil: மண்டலம் (maṇṭalam)
Noun
मण्डल • (maṇḍala) m
- dog
- a kind of snake
- Tinospora cordifolia (syns. Chasmanthera cordifolia, Cocculus cordifolius)
Declension
Masculine a-stem declension of मण्डल (maṇḍala) | |||
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Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | मण्डलः maṇḍalaḥ | मण्डलौ maṇḍalau | मण्डलाः / मण्डलासः¹ maṇḍalāḥ / maṇḍalāsaḥ¹ |
Vocative | मण्डल maṇḍala | मण्डलौ maṇḍalau | मण्डलाः / मण्डलासः¹ maṇḍalāḥ / maṇḍalāsaḥ¹ |
Accusative | मण्डलम् maṇḍalam | मण्डलौ maṇḍalau | मण्डलान् maṇḍalān |
Instrumental | मण्डलेन maṇḍalena | मण्डलाभ्याम् maṇḍalābhyām | मण्डलैः / मण्डलेभिः¹ maṇḍalaiḥ / maṇḍalebhiḥ¹ |
Dative | मण्डलाय maṇḍalāya | मण्डलाभ्याम् maṇḍalābhyām | मण्डलेभ्यः maṇḍalebhyaḥ |
Ablative | मण्डलात् maṇḍalāt | मण्डलाभ्याम् maṇḍalābhyām | मण्डलेभ्यः maṇḍalebhyaḥ |
Genitive | मण्डलस्य maṇḍalasya | मण्डलयोः maṇḍalayoḥ | मण्डलानाम् maṇḍalānām |
Locative | मण्डले maṇḍale | मण्डलयोः maṇḍalayoḥ | मण्डलेषु maṇḍaleṣu |
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References
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “mandala”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 559
- Monier Williams (1899), “मण्डल”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 0775.