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  2. Mandala - Wikipedia

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    A mandala, (Sanskrit: मण्डल, romanized: maṇḍala, lit. 'circle', [ˈmɐɳɖɐlɐ] ) is a geometric configuration of symbols. In various spiritual traditions, mandalas may be employed for focusing attention of practitioners and adepts, as a spiritual guidance tool, for establishing a sacred space and as an aid to meditation and ...

  3. List of English words of Sanskrit origin - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of English words of Sanskrit origin. Most of these words were not directly borrowed from Sanskrit. The meaning of some words have changed slightly after being borrowed. Both languages belong to the Indo-European language family and have numerous cognate terms; some examples are "mortal", "mother", "father" and the names of the ...

  4. Tantra - Wikipedia

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    The word tantra, states Patanjali, means "principal, main". He uses the same example of svatantra as a composite word of "sva" (self) and tantra, then stating "svatantra" means "one who is self-dependent, one who is his own master, the principal thing for whom is himself", thereby interpreting the definition of tantra. [23]

  5. Mandala Vatika - Wikipedia

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    The word mandala literally means a circular, symmetrical pattern that is used in Hindu and Buddhist symbolism. The word vatika refers to garden, grove, parterre or plantation, and comes from Sanskrit usage. In Hinduism, deities are represented and invoked through unique sacred, geometrical patterns inscribed in yantras and mandalas. These are ...

  6. Bindu (symbol) - Wikipedia

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    Bindu (Sanskrit: बिंदु) is a Sanskrit word meaning "point", "drop" or "dot ... Bindu is the point around which the mandala is created, representing the ...

  7. Sanskrit - Wikipedia

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    [139] [140] The structure and capabilities of the Classical Sanskrit language launched ancient Indian speculations about "the nature and function of language", what is the relationship between words and their meanings in the context of a community of speakers, whether this relationship is objective or subjective, discovered or is created, how ...

  8. Mantra - Wikipedia

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    A mantra (Pali: mantra) or mantram (Devanagari: मन्त्रम्) [1] is a sacred utterance, a numinous sound, a syllable, word or phonemes, or group of words (most often in an Indo-Iranian language like Sanskrit or Avestan) believed by practitioners to have religious, magical or spiritual powers.

  9. Mandala (political model) - Wikipedia

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    Maṇḍala is a Sanskrit word meaning 'circle'. The mandala is a model for describing the patterns of diffuse political power distributed among Mueang or Kedatuan (principalities) in medieval Southeast Asian history, when local power was more important than the central leadership.