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Mandala

2 stages from Sanskrit to English.

Today it means a geometric design symbolizing the universe, used in Hindu and Buddhist spiritual practice
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Stage 1 of 2
mandala
Sanskrit · ancient
"a circle"
literally circle, a geometric spiritual and ritual symbol representing the cosmos
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Stage 2 of 2
mandala
English · 1900s
"a symbolic circular design representing the cosmos"
adopted directly by scholars of Hindu and Buddhist spiritual traditions
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