maṇḍāl

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Meaning:	“circle”; special ground marked out for religious or magical ceremony
Word class:	noun
Language:	TB
Equivalent in TA:	maṇḍal
Equivalent in other languages:	Skt. maṇḍala-
Lexeme variants:	maṇḍāl
Number:	singular
Case:	nominative
Gender:	masculine_singular

Paradigm

	sg	pl	du
nom	maṇḍāl
voc
acc
gen
loc
comit
inst
abl	maṇḍālmeṃ
perl
all
caus

Lexeme family

• maṇḍāl “circle” special ground marked out for religious or magical ceremony msg

  	sg
  nom	maṇḍāl
  abl	maṇḍālmeṃ

Occurrences

maṇḍāl

1	PK AS 8C a5	warkesa po ekaññesa kekenu	maṇḍāl	yamaṣle • kurkalä tuñe
2	PK AS 8C b5	weñi • kewiye melteṣe	maṇḍāl	yamaṣle • maṇḍālne palyiye
3	PK AS 16.1 a5	yokaiwenta tesare śtwāra kaucciyaṃn(a)	maṇḍāa6(l)	/// (wew)ñoṣäṃ • tumeṃ
4	PK AS 17F a2	; lkātär se ;	maṇḍāl{†ä}	śpālme{ṃ} : eśanai(säñ) ;