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मंडल (maMDala)

 
Apte 1890
English
मंडल a. [मंड्-कलच्] Round, circular.
लः 1 A circular array of troops.
2 A dog.
3 A kind of snake.
लं 1 A circular orb, globe, wheel, ring, circumference, anything round or circular
करालफणमंडल R. 12. 98
आदर्शमंडलनिभानि समुल्लसंति Ki. 5. 41
सुरत्प्रभामंडलया चकाशे Ku. 1. 24
so रेणुमंडल, छायामडल, चापमडल, मुखमंडल, स्तनमंडल &c.
2 The charmed circle (drawn by a conjurer)
Mu. 2. 1.
3 A disc, especially of the sun or moon
तेनातपत्रामलमंडलेन R. 16. 27
अपर्वणि ग्रहकलुषेंदुमंडला (विभावरी) M. 4. 15
दिनमणिमंडलमंडन भवखंडन 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 कुमारमंडलेन Dk.
अखिलं चारिमंडलं 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
सततसुकृती भूयाद्भूपः प्रसादितमंडलः Ve. 6. 44
उपगतोऽपि च मंडलनाभितां &c 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.
cf. 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 प्राकृतादासीन 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 Ṛgveda (the whole collection being divided into 10 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.
ली 1 A circle, orb &c.
2 A group, assemblage.
3 Walking round, circular motion.
4 Bent grass (दूर्वा).
Comp.
अग्र a. round-pointed. (
ग्रः) a bent or crooked sword, scimitar.
अधिपः,
अधीशः
ईशः,
ईश्वरः {1} the ruler or governor of a district or province. {2} a king, sovereign.
आवृत्तिः f. circular movement
U. 3. 19.
उत्तमं a principal kingdom or district.
कार्मुक a. having a circular bow.
नृत्यं a circular dance, dance in a ring.
न्यासः describing a circle.
पुच्छकः a kind of insect.
वटः the fig-tree forming a circle.
वर्तिन् m. a ruler of a small province.
वर्षः rain over the whole of a king's territory, general rain-fall.