Usually means: Symbolic, spiritual representation in art.
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We found 31 dictionaries that define the word mandala:

General (20 matching dictionaries)
  1. mandala: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. mandala: Merriam-Webster
  3. mandala: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. mandala: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. mandala: Collins English Dictionary
  6. mandala: Vocabulary.com
  7. Mandala, mandala: Wordnik
  8. mandala: Wiktionary
  9. mandala: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. mandala: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. mandala: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. mandala: Dictionary.com
  13. mandala: Online Etymology Dictionary
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  15. mandala: Rhymezone
  16. mandala: FreeDictionary.org
  17. mandala: Mnemonic Dictionary
  18. mandala: TheFreeDictionary.com

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. mandala: ArtLex Lexicon of Visual Art Terminology

Computing (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Mandala: Free On-line Dictionary of Computing
  2. mandala: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  2. Mandala: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. mandala: Wordcraft Dictionary

Religion (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Basic Terms of Shinto (No longer online)
  2. Glossary of spiritual and religious terms (No longer online)
  3. Irivng Hexham's Concise Dictionary of Religion (No longer online)

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. mandala: Anthropological Terms

Sports (1 matching dictionary)
  1. mandala: Glossary of Sanskrit Terms in Integral Yoga Literature

(Note: See mandalas as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  (Hinduism, Buddhism) A graphic depiction of the spiritual universe and its myriad realms and deities.
noun:  (Hinduism, Buddhism) Any ritualistic geometric design, symbolic of the Universe, used as an aid to meditation.
noun:  A division or book of the Rigveda (of which there are 10).
noun:  A surname.

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