Where does “maṇḍala” come from?

maṇḍala (Pali) comes from Sanskrit मण्डल, from Sanskrit -ल, from Proto-Indo-European -lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.

maṇḍala (Pali): circle; disc; round platform

Definitions

  1. circle; disc; round platform

Ancestry of “maṇḍala”, step by step

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

Words derived from “maṇḍala”

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