Where does “mandala” come from?

mandala (Indonesian) comes from Malay mandala, from Classical Malay mandala, from Sanskrit मण्डल, from Sanskrit -ल, from Proto-Indo-European -lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.

mandala (Indonesian): territory of religious institutions

Definitions

territory of religious institutions

Ancestry of “mandala”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Malay	mandala	—
2	Classical Malay	mandala	—
3	Sanskrit	मण्डल	circular, round; disk; anything round
4	Sanskrit	-ल	an adjectival or nominal suffix: relating to, belonging to, having, similar to, etc
5	Proto-Indo-European	-lós	Forms agent nouns from verbal roots

Words derived from “mandala”

wawasan wiyata mandala

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -lós →Every word from Sanskrit -ल →Every word from Sanskrit मण्डल →