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Mandala vs Rangoli - What's the difference?

mandala | rangoli |

As nouns the difference between mandala and rangoli

is that mandala is a graphic depiction of the spiritual universe and its myriad realms and deities while rangoli is a geometric or stylized design on the floor (or other flat surface) made using small coloured granules or powder.

mandala

English

Alternative forms

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Noun

(en noun)
  • (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).

    • Coordinate terms

    * magic circle

    Quotations

    * (English Citations of "mandala") ----

    rangoli

    English

    (wikipedia rangoli)

    Noun

    (-)
  • A geometric or stylized design on the floor (or other flat surface) made using small coloured granules or powder.
  • *1997 , (Kiran Nagarkar), Cuckold , HarperCollins 2013, p. 188:
  • *:In one corner of the room she had drawn an incredibly elaborate painting with rangoli powder of the Flautist and herself dancing the raas on the banks of the Jamuna.