mandala

Pronunciation: /ˈmʌn.də.lə/

The English word “mandala” has 3 meanings listed here.

noun

A graphic depiction of the spiritual universe and its myriad realms and deities.
Any ritualistic geometric design, symbolic of the Universe, used as an aid to meditation.
A division or book of the Rigveda (of which there are ten).

Borrowed from Sanskrit मण्डल (máṇḍala). Doublet of mandal.

Keep exploring: in the interactive dictionary every word of a definition is a link. Open “mandala” there

The English dictionary on Glottosphere has 650,529 entries with a page. Browse the English dictionary.

Definitions are from Wiktionary, extracted by Kaikki.org, and are available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.