壇城
tán​chéng

mandala

  • created sense approved 坛城/壇城 · tán​chéng · mandala — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    坛城 / 壇城

    tán​chéng

    mandala

    a geometric configuration of symbols used in Buddhist and Hindu rituals to represent the universe or a sacred space

    坛 (literal) → 坛/壇 · tán · religious site 城 (literal) → 城 · chéng · city wall

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense