Mandali, Mamdali, Maṇḍalī, Maṇḍali, Maṇḍalin, Mandalin: 30 definitions
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In Hinduism
Ayurveda (science of life)
Toxicology (Study and Treatment of poison)
Maṇḍalī (मण्डली) refers to a type of snake, as discussed in the eighth chapter of the Kāśyapasaṃhita: a Pāñcarātra Āgama text composed of 13 chapters dealing with snake-bites, poisons and curing their venom by use of the garuḍamantra while also dealing with worship and devotion. Description of the chapter [maṇḍalī-cikitsā-vidhi]:—This chapter is devoted entirely to the treatment of those bitten by: different variety of the maṇḍalī species of snake-symptoms caused by their bite in general (1-7), then special treatments for bites caused by each one of the several varieties of the maṇḍalī snakes (8-50a). The remainder of the chapter (50b-87) is devoted to listing the mantras that may be used in the place of the medical treatments for each of the varieties of maṇḍalī snake-bites.
Maṇḍalin (मण्डलिन्) refers to “vipers” and represents a classification of Terrestrial Snakes, as taught in the Nāganāman (“names of the Sarpas”) section of the Kāśyapa Saṃhitā: an ancient Sanskrit text from the Pāñcarātra tradition dealing with both Tantra and Viṣacikitsā, which represents the Ayurvedic study on Toxicology (Agadatantra or Sarpavidyā).—The Kāśyapasaṃhitā (verse IV.7, 21-26ab) like most Ayurvedic texts, posits a four-fold classification of snakes. The Maṇḍalin (Viper) has its “Head located bet-ween nose and upper teeth”; has 16 varieties; has a Doṣa-predominance of Pitta and its power of poisons are “dangerous during youth”.
The 16 varieties of the Maṇḍalī snakes are:
- Uṣṇa,
- Śopha,
- Pītta,
- Ghoṇasa,
- Śvetamaṇḍalī,
- Kuṣṭhamaṇḍalī,
- Kuṭila,
- Mahāmaṇḍalī,
- Bhūmamaṇḍalī,
- Kṛṣṇamaṇḍalī,
- Piśācamaṇḍalī,
- Hemamaṇḍalī,
- Romamaṇḍalī,
- Kumbhamaṇḍalī,
- Asṛṅgmaṇḍalī,
- Śophamaṇḍalī or Gopamaṇḍalī.
Unclassified Ayurveda definitions
Maṇḍali is a kind of venomous snake. Its venom is mainly regarded to cause pitta-disorders in the traditional medical texts. For the symptoms caused by maṇḍali snake-bite, see Carakasaṃhitā Cikitsāsthāna 23.124, 128; Suśrutasaṃhitā Kalpasthāna 4.37, 39, 5.7; Aṣṭāṅgahṛdayasaṃhitā Uttarasthāna 36.23-24 = Aṣṭāṅgasaṃgraha Uttarasthāna 41.65-66; the Jyotsnikā and the Maṇḍalicikitsā.
Maṇḍali (मण्डलि) refers to “viperine snakes” (having 16 varietes), according to the 20th century Prayogasamuccaya (one of the most popular and widely practised book in toxicology in Malayalam).—Snakes are divided into four categories. The Mūrkha family (hooded) with 26 varieties, Maṇḍali (viperine) family with 16 varieties, Rājila (Krait) with 13 varieties and Ventira (cross breeds) with 21 types. Snakes are again divided into 4 kulas (families). The specific distinguishing features, diet, place of dwelling, time of travel, direction of vision of each family are explained in detail.
The third chapter covers maṇḍali (viperine) snake treatment. Vegānusāra-cikitsā (stage wise treatment), specific symptoms and treatment of 16 types of maṇḍali snakes are explained here. E.g.: In rakta-maṇḍali bite, bleeding from nose and mouth, foul smell, deep enmity, hatred, fainting etc. will be seen. [...] Management of complications in maṇḍali-viṣa also has been explained.
Āyurveda (आयुर्वेद, ayurveda) is a branch of Indian science dealing with medicine, herbalism, taxology, anatomy, surgery, alchemy and related topics. Traditional practice of Āyurveda in ancient India dates back to at least the first millenium BC. Literature is commonly written in Sanskrit using various poetic metres.
Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology)
Maṇḍalin (मण्डलिन्) refers to the “ecliptic” [?], according to the Bṛhatsaṃhitā (chapter 5), an encyclopedic Sanskrit work written by Varāhamihira mainly focusing on the science of ancient Indian astronomy astronomy (Jyotiṣa).—Accordingly, “[...] Now, if [Rāhu] has a body or be simply a head with a regular motion in the ecliptic [i.e., maṇḍalin], how comes it that he eclipses the sun and moon when they are 180° from him? If his motion be not subject to fixed laws, how comes it that his exact place is ascertained; how comes it that he never eclipses by the part of his body between his head and tail? If being of the shape of a serpent he eclipses with his head or with his tail, how comes it that he does not hide one half of the heavens lying between his head and tail?”.
Jyotisha (ज्योतिष, jyotiṣa or jyotish) refers to ‘astronomy’ or “Vedic astrology” and represents the fifth of the six Vedangas (additional sciences to be studied along with the Vedas). Jyotisha concerns itself with the study and prediction of the movements of celestial bodies, in order to calculate the auspicious time for rituals and ceremonies.
Biology (plants and animals)
1) Mandali in India is the name of a plant defined with Ficus benghalensis in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Ficus cotoneaefolia Vahl (among others).
2) Mandali in Tanzania is also identified with Adenia cissampeloides It has the synonym Ophiocaulon gummifer Mast. (etc.).
3) Mandali is also identified with Adenia gummifera It has the synonym Ophiocaulon gummifer Mast., also gummiferum (etc.).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Species Plantarum
· Journal of Ethnopharmacology (2001)
· Annals of the Transvaal Museum (1912)
· Gen. Pl. (1867)
· Niger Flora (1849)
· Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugduno-Batavi (1867)
If you are looking for specific details regarding Mandali, for example pregnancy safety, extract dosage, diet and recipes, side effects, health benefits, chemical composition, have a look at these references.
This sections includes definitions from the five kingdoms of living things: Animals, Plants, Fungi, Protists and Monera. It will include both the official binomial nomenclature (scientific names usually in Latin) as well as regional spellings and variants.
Languages of India and abroad
Pali-English dictionary
maṇḍalī : (adj.) having a disk; circular.
Maṇḍalin, (adj.) (fr. maṇḍala) 1. circular Th. 1, 863 (maṇḍali-pākāra).—2. having a disk, orbed (of the sun) S. I, 51=VvA. 116. (Page 517)
maṇḍalī (မဏ္ဍလီ) [(pu) (ပု)]—
[maṇḍala+ī]
[မဏ္ဍလ+ဤ]
[Pali to Burmese]
maṇḍalī—
(Burmese text): (၁) တစ်ဝန်းတစ်လျား-တစ်စိတ်တစ်ဒေသ-သော အရပ်ကို အစိုးရသောမင်း။ (အပ၊၂။ မြန်မာပြန်၌ ＂ပဒေသရာဇ်မင်း＂ဟု ပြန်၏)။ (တိ) (၂) ဝန်းဝိုင်းသော သဏ္ဌာန်ရှိသော (နေ)။
(Auto-Translation): (1) The ruler of a territory that is circular in shape. (In English translation, it is referred to as "territorial king"). (2) Having a circular form (sun).
Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.
Marathi-English dictionary
Maṇḍalī (मण्डली).—f (S) An assembly, a company, a congregated or a corporate body. 2 A many-legged worm that, on being touched, coils itself into a maṇḍala.
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maṇḍāḷī (मंडाळी).—f (maṇḍalī S) A many-legged worm which, on being touched, coils itself into a ring.
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māndaḷī (मांदळी).—f (maṇḍala S) The tamborine called ḍapha or the frame of it.
Maṇḍalī (मण्डली) [-ḷī, -ळी].—f An assembly.
Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.
Sanskrit dictionary
Maṇḍalin (मण्डलिन्).—a. [maṇḍala-ini]
1) Forming a circle, made up into a coil; बाता मण्डलिनस्तीव्रा व्यपसव्यं प्रचक्रमुः (bātā maṇḍalinastīvrā vyapasavyaṃ pracakramuḥ) Rām.6. 17.21.
2) Ruling a country. -m.
1) A particular kind of snake.
2) A snake in general.
3) A cat.
4) The pole-cat.
5) A dog.
6) The sun.
7) The fig-tree.
8) The ruler of a province.
Maṇḍalin (मण्डलिन्).—adj., or subst. m., (1) usually with rājan [Page416-b+ 71] (= AMg. id., [Paia-sadda-mahaṇṇavo]; compare prec. and Sanskrit māṇḍalika; māṇḍa- lika-rājan Mahāvyutpatti 3674, so also Mironov, cited in [Boehtlingk and Roth] from Minayev as maṇḍalaka°), ruler of a (minor) region; as subst. king: mṛgamaṇḍalīva Mahāvastu ii.405.2 (verse) like a king of beasts (= a lion); maṇḍalino rājāno praṇata mahyaṃ Mahāvastu ii.40.9 (verse), said by Śuddhodana, referring to the time of the Bodhisattva's birth; especially in contrast with more powerful monarchs, rājānaś ca maṇḍalino balacakravartinaś (see this) caturdvīpakacakravartinaś (see this) ca Saddharmapuṇḍarīka 6.4 and 20.6 (prose); the same three in reverse order, rājñāṃ… cakravartināṃ balacakravartīn’ atha maṇḍalīnām Saddharmapuṇḍarīka 362.8 (verse); rājāno maṇḍalinas…(rājānaṃ cakravartinaṃ pratyuttiṣṭhanti) Lalitavistara 15.2; (2) m. or nt., in Divyāvadāna 359.19 (verse, printed as prose) seems to be used of a small body of water, in contrast with the ocean, as a mustard-seed with Mt. Meru, or a firefly with the sun: (kiṃ) sarṣapena (so!) samatāṃ nayasīha Meruṃ, khadyotakena raviṃ (read ravi, m.c.) maṇḍalinā samudram, why are you here making…the sea equal to a maṇḍalin? I cannot explain the word, which is not noted in Index or Notes to ed.
Maṇḍalin (मण्डलिन्).—mfn. (lī-linī-li) Being in a circle, made up into a coil or ball. 2. Surrounded by. m. (-lī) 1. A large species of snake. 2. A cat. 3. A Pole cat. 4. A dog. 5. The sun. 6. The ruler or governor of a Mandal or district. 7. The Indian fig-tree. E. maṇḍala a circle, and ini aff.
Maṇḍalin (मण्डलिन्).—i. e. maṇḍala + in, m. 1. A snake. 2. A cat.
Maṇḍalin (मण्डलिन्).—[adjective] forming a circle or ring; possessing or ruling a country.
1) Maṇḍalī (मण्डली):—[from maṇḍala] a f. Panicum Dactylon, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
2) [v.s. ...] Cocculus Cordifolius, [Bhāvaprakāśa]
3) [from maṇḍala] b in [compound] for maṇḍala.
1) Maṇḍalin (मण्डलिन्):—[from maṇḍala] mfn. forming a circle or ring, surrounding, enclosing (ifc.), [Kathāsaritsāgara]
2) [v.s. ...] (with vāta m.) a whirlwind, [Rāmāyaṇa]
3) [v.s. ...] marked with round spots (as a snake), [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
4) [v.s. ...] possessing or ruling a country, [Lalita-vistara]
5) [v.s. ...] m. the ruler of a province (with Śaivas, a [particular] order or degree), [Sarvadarśana-saṃgraha]
6) [v.s. ...] the sun, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
7) [v.s. ...] a snake or a [particular] species of snake (cf. above), [Mahābhārata; Varāha-mihira; Suśruta]
8) [v.s. ...] a chameleon, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
9) [v.s. ...] a cat, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
10) [v.s. ...] a polecat, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
11) [v.s. ...] a dog, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
12) [v.s. ...] the Indian fig-tree, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
Maṇḍalin (मण्डलिन्):—(lī) 5. m. A large species of snake; a cat, a pole-cat; a dog; the sun; ruler of a district. a. Coiled, made round.
Maṇḍalin (मण्डलिन्):—(wie eben)
1) adj. a) einen Kreis —, einen Ring bildend: uromaṇḍalinau (stanau) den Brustkasten einfassend [Kathāsaritsāgara 45, 235.] vātāḥ wirbelnde Winde [Rāmāyaṇa 6, 90, 19.] — b) mit runden Flecken gezeichnet, eine Klasse von Schlangen [Mahābhārata.2,363.] [Suśruta.2,263,1. 3. 265,11. 266,8.] [Oxforder Handschriften 309,a,12.] m. = gonāśasarpa (d. i. gonāsa) [Rājanirghaṇṭa im Śabdakalpadruma] — c) ein Reich besitzend, beherrschend: rājan [Rgva tch’er rol pa ed. Calc. 16, 10. 16.] [Lot. de Lassen’s Anthologie b. l. 4. 13. 307.] m. Gebieter über eine Provinz [WILSON] nach [ŚABDĀRTHAK.] —
2) m. a) Schlange (geringelt) [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa 1, 2, 5.] [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 5, 4.] — b) Iltis [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 1302.] [Halāyudha 2, 81.] — c) Katze [Śabdamālā im Śabdakalpadruma] — d) Hund [ŚABDĀRTHAK.] bei [WILSON.] — e) der indische Feigenbaum (vgl. maṇḍalavaṭa) [Rājanirghaṇṭa im Śabdakalpadruma] — f) die Sonne [ŚABDĀRTHAK.] bei [WILSON.]
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Maṇḍalin (मण्डलिन्):—
1) c) Gebieter über eine Provinz, bei den ekstatischen Śaiva Bez. einer best. Stufe [SARVADARŚANAS. 88, 1. 5.]
Maṇḍalin (मण्डलिन्):——
1) Adj. — a) einen Kreis — , einen Ring bildend. vāta m. Wirbelwind. — b) mit runden Flecken gezeichnet (Schlange) [Rājan 19,56.] — c) ein Reich besitzend , — beherrschend. —
2) m. — a) *die Sonne. — b) Schlange. — c) *eine Art Schlange. — d) *Chamäleon [Rājan 19,62.] — e) *Igel [Hemacandra's Abhidhānacintāmaṇi] [Halāyudha’s Wörterbuch] — f) *Hund. — g) *der indische Feigenbaum , —
3) *f. nī Cocculus cordifolius [Rājan 3,2.]
Maṇḍalī (मण्डली):—1. f. s.u. maṇḍala.
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Maṇḍalī (मण्डली):—2. Adv. —
1) mit kar rund machen. kṛta von einem Bogen so v.a vollkommen gespannt. —
2) mit bhū rund , werden , sich runden , ein Rund bilden. bhūta von einem Bogen so v.a. vollkommen gespannt.
Maṇḍalin (मण्डलिन्) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Maṃḍali.
Maṇḍalī (मण्डली) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Maṃḍalī.
Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
Hindi dictionary
Maṃḍalī (मंडली) [Also spelled mandali]:—(nf) a party; team; ring, gang, band; circle.
Mandali in Hindi refers in English to:—(nf) a party; team; ring, gang, band; circle..—mandali (मंडली) is alternatively transliterated as Maṃḍalī.
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Prakrit-English dictionary
1) Maṃḍali (मंडलि) in the Prakrit language is related to the Sanskrit word: Maṇḍalin.
2) Maṃḍalī (मंडली) also relates to the Sanskrit word: Maṇḍalī.
Prakrit is an ancient language closely associated with both Pali and Sanskrit. Jain literature is often composed in this language or sub-dialects, such as the Agamas and their commentaries which are written in Ardhamagadhi and Maharashtri Prakrit. The earliest extant texts can be dated to as early as the 4th century BCE although core portions might be older.
Kannada-English dictionary
Maṃḍali (ಮಂಡಲಿ):—
1) [noun] = ಮಂಡಲ - [mamdala -] 5.
2) [noun] a circular movement or moving on a circular orbit.
3) [noun] a group of people or animals; a multitude.
4) [noun] a group of persons who advise a person or who manage or control a business, school system, etc.; a council; a board.
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Maṃḍali (ಮಂಡಲಿ):—
1) [noun] = ಮಂಡಲ - [mamdala -] 8.
2) [noun] the act of surrounding, encircling.
3) [noun] a current of air whirling violently upward in a spiral motion around a more or less vertical axis that has a forward motion; whirlwind.
4) [noun] a snake (in gen.).
5) [noun] a cat waiting to catch a mouse.
6) [noun] any of various lizards of Chamaeleontidae family with an angular head, prehensile tail, eyes that move independently of each other, the ability to change skin colour rapidly, and a long, agile tongue for catching prey; a chameleon.
7) [noun] a dog.
8) [noun] a banyan tree (Ficus benghalensis).
9) [noun] the act or fact of ruling a state.
10) [noun] a ruler; a king.
11) [noun] the sun.
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Maṃḍaḷi (ಮಂಡಳಿ):—[noun] = ಮಂಡಲಿ [mamdali]1.
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Maṃḍaḷi (ಮಂಡಳಿ):—[noun] = ಮಂಡಲಿ [mamdali]2.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Nepali dictionary
Maṇḍalī (मण्डली):—n. 1. a small circle, disc, ring, or coil; 2. a circle; group; party; society; 3. an influential man in the group, party or society;
Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.
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Starts with (+10): Mamdalia, Mamdalige, Mamdaligol, Mamdalikka, Mandalibhava, Mandalibhu, Mandalibhuta, Mandalicikitsa, Mandalicikitsavidhi, Mandalidashta, Mandaligiri, Mandaligirivihara, Mandalika, Mandalikabijani, Mandalikar, Mandalikaraja, Mandalikarajakula, Mandalikaram, Mandalikarana, Mandalikri.
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