mandala

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There's a sand mandala aspect to it all.

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any of various geometric designs (usually circular) symbolizing the universe; used chiefly in Hinduism and Buddhism as an aid to meditation

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noun

any of various geometric designs (usually circular) symbolizing the universe; used chiefly in Hinduism and Buddhism as an aid to meditation

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for mandala.

noun

any of various geometric designs (usually circular) symbolizing the universe; used chiefly in Hinduism and Buddhism as an aid to meditation

Example sentences

There's a sand mandala aspect to it all.

John's comparison of _why's work to sand mandala is very poignant and apt!

Thus, a single radial slice of a mandala could encode a set of frequencies.

When the Tibetan monks blow away their mandala after weeks of painstaking work, I see startup pivots and acquihires.

However there is one particular type of ornament that resembles music a lot - I mean those “mandala” images.

A sand mandala is not just symbolic--it's ceremonial, it's expected, and nobody gets hurt when it's destroyed.

A stray point, but it's a bit unfair to both Buddhism and deconstruction to write "After a mandala has been constructed - and displayed - it is ceremoniously deconstructed".

I don’t know how those are produced, but I noticed a connection between those images and music:- The 1st obvious observation is that a mandala is drawn in polar coordinates and is 2PI periodic.

" "A sand mandala is ritualistically destroyed once it has been completed and its accompanying ceremonies and viewing are finished to symbolize the Buddhist doctrinal belief in the transitory nature of material life.