how to pronounce mandala

/ˈmʌn.də.lə/

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mandala is pronounced in three syllables

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An example use of mandala in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… castle a shrine mandala and it takes us …”

meanings of mandala

noun:

Any ritualistic geometric design, symbolic of the Universe, used as an aid to meditation.
A graphic depiction of the spiritual universe and its myriad realms and deities.
A division or book of the Rigveda (of which there are 10).

mandala frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word mandala occurs in english on average 0.1 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics mandala can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that mandala can be often used in the following areas:

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