noun:

• mandala; Buddhist visual schema of the enlightened mind

noun:

• platform; podium; rostrum; pulpit
• (ceremonial) mound

suffix noun:

• world (of haiku, art, etc.); (literary) circles

noun:

• mandala - archaism

noun:

• homa-mandala (fire altar) - Buddhism term ➜ 護摩

noun:

• exact center of the Garbhadhatu mandala - obscure term
• platform upon which the fire is lit in a stone lantern

noun:

• Garbhadhatu Mandala; Womb Realm Mandala; Matrix Realm Mandala - Buddhism term ➜ 胎蔵界曼荼羅

noun:

• Garbhadhatu Mandala; Womb Realm Mandala; Matrix Realm Mandala - Buddhism term ➜ 金剛界曼荼羅【こんごうかいまんだら】・両界曼荼羅【りょうかいまんだら】

noun:

• four types of mandala (in Shingon) - abbreviation - Buddhism term ➜ 四種曼荼羅

noun:

• four types of mandala (in Shingon) - Buddhism term ➜ 大曼荼羅【だいまんだら】・三昧耶曼荼羅【さんまやまんだら】・法曼荼羅【ほうまんだら】・羯磨曼荼羅【かつままんだら】

noun:

• great mandala (in Shingon); mandala with an image of each deity - Buddhism term ➜ 四種曼荼羅【ししゅまんだら】

noun:

• samya mandala (in Shingon); mandala where each deity is represented by an object (lotus flower, gem, sword, etc.) - Buddhism term ➜ 四種曼荼羅【ししゅまんだら】

noun:

• dharma mandala (in Shingon); mandala were each deity is represented by its seed syllable in Sanskrit - Buddhism term ➜ 四種曼荼羅【ししゅまんだら】

noun:

• karma mandala (in Shingon); three-dimensional mandala with a sculpture of each deity - Buddhism term ➜ 四種曼荼羅【ししゅまんだら】

noun:

• center of the Garbhadhatu mandala (containing Mahavairocana and eight Buddhas) - obscure term

noun:

• Mandala of the Two Realms; Womb Realm and Matrix Realm Mandalas - Buddhism term ➜ 胎蔵界曼荼羅【たいぞうかいまんだら】・金剛界曼荼羅【こんごうかいまんだら】

noun:

• Vajradhatu Mandala; Diamond Realm Mandala - Buddhism term ➜ 胎蔵界曼荼羅【たいぞうかいまんだら】・両界曼荼羅【りょうかいまんだら】

noun:

• Mandala of the Two Realms; Womb Realm and Matrix Realm Mandalas - Buddhism term ➜ 両界曼荼羅【りょうかいまんだら】

noun:

• Garbhadhatu; Womb Realm; Matrix Realm - Buddhism term ➜ 金剛界【こんごうかい】
• Garbhadhatu Mandala; Womb Realm Mandala; Matrix Realm Mandala - abbreviation - Buddhism term ➜ 胎蔵界曼荼羅【たいぞうかいまんだら】

noun:

• Vajradhatu; Diamond Realm - Buddhism term ➜ 胎蔵界【たいぞうかい】
• Vajradathu Mandala; Diamond Realm Mandala - abbreviation - Buddhism term ➜ 金剛界曼荼羅【こんごうかいまんだら】

noun:

• icon
• simple ink drawing (of a buddha, mandala, etc.) - Buddhism term

noun:

• great treasure
• Taihō era (701.3.21-704.5.10); Daihō era
• great treasure (used to refer to bodhisattvas, esoteric teachings, etc.) - obscure term - Buddhism term
• homa-mandala (fire altar) - obscure term - Buddhism term ➜ 護摩壇