Mandala vs Doodle - What's the difference?
mandala | doodle |
(Hinduism, Buddhism) A graphic depiction of the spiritual universe and its myriad realms and deities.
(Hinduism, Buddhism) Any ritualistic geometric design, symbolic of the Universe, used as an aid to meditation.
A division or book of the Rigveda (of which there are 10).
(obsolete) A fool, a simpleton, a mindless person.
* 1764 , Samuel Foote, The Mayor of Garrett , W. Lowndes (1797),
* 1812 , "THE TEARS OF SIR VICARY!!!", The Scourge , 2 March 1812,
* 1837 , "Carmen Inaugurale", Tait's Edinburgh Magazine , November 1837,
A small mindless sketch, etc.
Penis.
* 1993 , Patti Walkuski, No Bed of Roses: Memoirs of a Madam , Wakefield Press (1993), ISBN 9781862543102,
* 1996 , Jane Bonander, Winter Heart , Pocket Star Books (1996), ISBN 9780671529826,
* 2011 , Lexi George, Demon Hunting in Dixie , Brava Books (2011), ISBN 9780758263094,
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To draw or scribble (something) aimlessly
As nouns the difference between mandala and doodle
is that mandala is (hinduism|buddhism) a graphic depiction of the spiritual universe and its myriad realms and deities while doodle is (obsolete) a fool, a simpleton, a mindless person.As a verb doodle is
to draw or scribble (something) aimlessly.mandala
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* (English Citations of "mandala") ----doodle
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(wikipedia doodle)Noun
(en noun)page 43:
- Mrs. Sneak . Why doodle ! jackanapes! harkee, who am I?
- Sneak . Come, don't go to call names: am I? vhy my vife, and I am your master.
page 231:
- Perceval . Weep on! weep on! thou flouted loon,
- Weep on! weep on! thou gowky doodle !
page 676:
- Courtier, it was thine to bow —
- Great Arthur he, and Doodle thou!
page 189:
- His doodle hung as limp as last month's celery.
page 43:
- Her favorite had been when she'd convinced the lascivious guards that Dinah's red hair meant she was a witch, and if they molested her, their doodles' would shrivel up between their legs and fall off. Daisy had assured her that no man would risk losing his ' doodle .
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- All of Dwight's parts wandered, especially his doodle'. He had the wandering-est '''doodle''' in three states. His '''doodle''' had its own set of legs. His '''doodle''' was hardly at home. Heck, according to rumor Dwight Farris's '''doodle was hardly ever in his ''pants .