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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. मण्डलmaṇḍalaa.Round, circular; मण्डलाग्रा बृसीश्चैव गृहान्याः पृष्ठतो ययुः Rām.5.18.12.

    [मण्ड्-कलच्]

    Round, circular; मण्डलाग्रा बृसीश्चैव गृहान्याः पृष्ठतो ययुः Rām.5.18.12.

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -लः

      1. circular array of troops.
      2. A dog.
      3. A kind of snake.
    • -लम्

      1. A circular orb, globe, wheel, ring, circumference, anything round or circular; न्यग्रोधं च सुमण्डलम् Mb.12.169. 12; करालफणमण्डलम् R.12.98; आदर्शमण्डलनिभानि समुल्लसन्ति Ki. 5.41; स्फुरत्प्रभामण्डलया चकाशे Ku.1.24; so रेणुमण्डल, छाया- मण्डल, चापमण्डल, मुखमण्डल, स्तनमण्डल etc.
      2. The charmed circle (drawn by a conjurer); मण्डले पन्नगो रुद्धो मन्त्रैरिव महाविषः Rām.2.12.5; जानन्ति तन्त्रयुक्तिं यथास्थितं मण्डलमभि- लिखन्ति Mu.2.1.
      3. A disc, especially of the sun or moon; तेनातपत्रामलमण्डलेन R.16.27; अपर्वणि ग्रहकलुषेन्दुमण्डला (विभावरी) M.4.15; दिनमणिमण्डलमण्डन भवखण्डन ए Gīt.1.
      4. The halo round the sun or moon.
      5. The path or orbit of a heavenly body.
      6. A multitude, group, collection, assemblage, troop, company; एवं मिलितेन कुमारमण्डलेन Dk.; अखिलं चारिमण्डलम् R.4.4.
      7. Society, association.
      8. A great circle.
      9. The visible horizon.
      10. A district or province.
      11. A surrounding district or territory.
      12. (In politics) The circle of a king's near and distant neighbours; मण्डलचरितम् Kau. Atmanepada 1.1.1; सततसुकृती भूयाद् भूपः प्रसादितमण्डलः Ve.6.44; उपगतोऽपि च मण्डलनाभिताम् etc. R.9.15. (According to Kāmandaka quoted by Malli. the circle of a king's near and distant neighbours consists of twelve kings: विजिगीषु or the central monarch, the five kings whose dominions are in the front, and the four kings whose dominions are in the rear of his kingdom, the मध्यम or intermediate, and उदासीन or indifferent king. The kings in the front as well as in the rear are designated by particular names; see Malli. ad loc; Compare also Śi. 2.81. and Malli. thereon. According to some the number of such kings is four, six, eight, twelve or even more; see Mit. on Y.1.345. According to others, the circle consists of three kings only: the प्राकृतारि or natural enemy, (the sovereign of an adjacent country), the प्राकृतमित्र natural ally, (the sovereign whose dominions are separated by those of another from the country of the central monarch with whom he is allied), and प्राकृतोदासीन or the natural neutral, (the sovereign whose dominions lie beyond those of the natural ally).
      13. A particular position of the feet in shooting.
      14. A kind of mystical diagram used in invoking a divinity.
      15. A division of the Ṛigveda (the whole collection being divided into 1 Maṇḍalas or eight Aṣṭakas).
      16. A kind of leprosy with round spots.
      17. A kind of perfume.
      18. A circular bandage (in surgery).
      19. A sugar-ball, sweetmeat.
      20. Sexual dalliance; नानाविचित्र- कृतमण्डलमावहन्तीम् Bil. Ch. (उत्तरपीठिका) 38.
      21. A circular gait; हय इव मण्डलमाशु यः करोति Rām.6.33.35; Mb.3. 19.8.
      22. A play-board (द्यूते शारीस्थापनपट्टम्); Mb.8.74. 15.
    • -ली

      1. A circle, orb etc.
      2. A group, assemblage; तन्मोचनाय तेनाशु प्रेरिता शिष्यमण्डली Bm.1.648.
      3. Walking round, circular motion.
      4. Bent grass (दूर्वा).
    • -अग्र

      1. Adjective round-pointed. (-ग्रः) a bent or crooked sword, scimitar. (-ग्रम्) a surgeon's circular knife. अधिपः, अधीशः, ईशः, ईश्वरः the ruler or governor of a district or province.
      2. a king, sovereign.
    • -आवृत्तिः Feminine circular movement; भ्रमिषु कृतपुटान्तर्मण्डला- वृत्तिचक्षुः Ubbayapada (Parasmaipada and Atmanepada)3.19.

    • -आसन Adjective sitting in a circle.

    • -उत्तमम् a principal kingdom or district.

    • -कविः a bad poet.

    • -कार्मुक Adjective having a circular bow.

    • -नाभिः the centre of a circle.

    • -नृत्यम् a circular dance, dance in a ring.

    • -न्यासः describing a circle.

    • -पुच्छकः a kind of insect.

    • -बन्धः the formation of a circle or roundness.

    • -भागः an arc.

    • -माडः a pavilion.

    • -वटः the fig-tree forming a circle.

    • -वर्तनम् drawing figures with some powder (Marâthî रांगोळी घालणें); संमार्जनोपलेपाभ्यां गृहमण्डलवर्तनैः Bhāg. 7.11.26.

    • -वर्तिन् Masculine a ruler of a small province; स तुल्यातिशयध्वंसं यथा मण्डलवर्तिनाम् Bhāg.11.3.2.

    • -वर्षः rain over the whole of a king's territory, general rain-fall.

    • -वाटः a garden.

Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary
  1. मण्डलmaṇḍala[mánda-la] a. circular, round; n., î, f. (rare), disk, esp. of the sun or moon; orb, circle (in. in a circle)…

    [mánda-la] adjective circular, round; neuter, î, feminine; also equal for (rare), disk, especially of the sun or moon; orb, circle (instrumental in a circle), ring, circumference; wheel; charmed circle (of a conjurer); neuter orbit (of a heavenly body); neuter halo round the sun or moon; neuter ball, globe; masculine neuter circular array of troops; circle=district, province, territory, country; masculine neuter, î, feminine; also equal for circle=group, company, assemblage, troop, multitude, crowd; swarm (of bees); whole body, totality; circle of a king's near and distant neighbours (the relations of whom to one another and to him self he should endeavour to regulate advan tageously; four, six, ten, and twelve such princes are spoken of); neuter division or book of the Rig-veda (of which there are ten); masculine dog.

Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. मण्डलmaṇḍalamf(आ)n. circular, round VarBr2S.
    1. mf(आ)neuter gender circular, round VarBr2S.
    2. neuter gender (rarely masculine gender gaRa अर्धर्चा*दि, and feminine(ई) gaRa गन्रा*दि) a disk (especially of the sun or moon)
    3. neuter gender anything round (but in Hcat. also applied to anything triangular; confer, compare मण्डलक)
    4. neuter gender a circle (instrumental case "in a circle"; also "the charmed c circle of a conjuror"), globe, orb, ring, circumference, ball, wheel S3Br. etc.
    5. neuter gender the path or orbit of a heavenly body Su1ryas.
    6. neuter gender a halo round the sun or moon VarBr2S.
    7. neuter gender a ball for playing MBh.
    8. neuter gender a circular bandage (in surgery) Sus3r.
    9. neuter gender (also neuter gender plural) a sort of cutaneous eruption or leprosy with circular spot ibidem
    10. neuter gender a round mole or mark (caused by a finger-nail etc.) on the body La1t2y. Ka1tyS3r. Scholiast or Commentator
    11. neuter gender a circular array of troops MBh. Ka1m.
    12. neuter gender a particular attitude in shooting Lexicographers
    13. neuter gender a district, arrondissement, territory, province, country (often at the end of modern names exempli gratia, 'for example' Coro-mandal coast) Inscriptions AV.Paris3. MBh. etc.
    14. neuter gender 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) Mn. (especially vii, 154 etc.) Ya1jn5. MBh. etc.
    15. neuter gender a multitude, group, band, collection, whole body, society, company Ya1jn5. MBh. Ka1v. etc.
    16. neuter gender a division or book of the R2ig ऋग् - veda वेद (of which there are 10, according to the authorship of the hymns; these are divided into 85 Anuva1kas अनुवाक s or lessons, and these again into 1017, or with the 11 additional hymns into 1028 Su7ktas सू*क्त s or hymns; the other more mechanical division, is into Asht2akas अष्टक s, Adhya1yas अध्याय s and Vargas वर्ग s quod vide) RPra1t. Br2ih. etc.
    17. masculine gender a dog Lexicographers
    18. masculine gender a kind of snake Lexicographers
    19. masculine gender Cocculus Cordifolius Bhpr.
    20. neuter gender Unguis Odoratus Lexicographers
    21. neuter gender a particular oblation or sacrifice Lexicographers
  2. अखण्डमण्डलakhaṇḍamaṇḍalamfn. possessing the whole country, Ra1jat.

    masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective possessing the whole country, Ra1jat.

  3. अपक्रममण्डलapakramamaṇḍalan. ecliptic, A1ryabh., Sch.

    neuter gender ecliptic, A1ryabh., Scholiast or Commentator

  4. अपममण्डलapamamaṇḍala(or अप-मण्डल) n. the ecliptic.

    (or अप-मण्डल) neuter gender the ecliptic.

  5. अर्कमण्डलarkamaṇḍalan. the disc of the sun.

    neuter gender the disc of the sun.

  6. अवनिमण्डलavanimaṇḍalan. globe of the earth.

    neuter gender globe of the earth.

  7. आदर्शमण्डलādarśamaṇḍalam. "having mirror-like spots" N. of a species of serpent Sus3r.
    1. masculine gender "having mirror-like spots" Name of a species of serpent Sus3r.
    2. masculine gender a round mirror Lexicographers
  8. आदित्यमण्डलādityamaṇḍalan. the disc or orb of the sun S3Br. Veda1ntas. 67.

    neuter gender the disc or orb of the sun S3Br. Veda1ntas. 67.