mandala

noun

man·da·la ˈmən-də-lə

: a Hindu or Buddhist graphic symbol of the universe

specifically : a circle enclosing a square with a deity on each side that is used chiefly as an aid to meditation

: a graphic and often symbolic pattern usually in the form of a circle divided into four separate sections or bearing a multiple projection of an image

mandalic

ˌmən-ˈda-lik

adjective

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Observe no fewer than eight of them at the outskirts of a single eleventh-century Nepalese mandala. —

Jackson Arn, The New Yorker, 2 Jan. 2025 Like its historical predecessors, this mandala is a cosmic chart, but one of a cosmos in distress. —

Holland Cotter, New York Times, 26 Dec. 2024 Capable Symmetry Presets The mandala craze isn’t over, and Fresco’s set of reflective (mirrored) and rotational symmetry presets is certainly fueling it. —

PCMAG, 9 Oct. 2024 Interactive light sculpture: Speak a single-word vision of the future and watch as technology translates it into a pattern of light and color that shimmers across the structure, like a mandala, unique to each visitor. —

Phoebe Wall Howard, Detroit Free Press, 7 June 2024 See all Example Sentences for mandala