Where does “曼荼羅” come from?

曼荼羅 (Japanese) comes from Chinese 曼荼羅, from Sanskrit मण्डल, from Sanskrit -ल, from Proto-Indo-European -lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.

曼荼羅 (Japanese): a mandala

Definitions

  1. a mandala

Ancestry of “曼荼羅”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Chinese曼荼羅mandala
2Sanskritमण्डलcircular, round; disk; anything round
3Sanskrit-लan adjectival or nominal suffix: relating to, belonging to, having, similar to, etc
4Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -lós →Every word from Sanskrit -ल →Every word from Sanskrit मण्डल →
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