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

  1. territory of religious institutions

Ancestry of “mandala”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaymandala—
2Classical Malaymandala—
3Sanskritमण्डलcircular, round; disk; anything round
4Sanskrit-लan adjectival or nominal suffix: relating to, belonging to, having, similar to, etc
5Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots

Words derived from “mandala”

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