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dkyil 'khor - Mandala. 1) 'Center and surrounding.' Usually a deity along with its surrounding environment. A mandala is a symbolic, graphic representation of a tantric deity's realm of existence. 2) A mandala offering is an offering visualized as the entire universe, as well as the arrangement of offerings in tantric ritual [RY]
dkyil 'khor - 1) mandala. 'center and surrounding.'. 2) circle. 3) disc [as in sun. moon.]. 4) sphere. 5) entirety. 6) fullness. 7) whole something. 8) holy place. 9) celestial abode. See also {dal}. 10) circumference. 11) globe. 12) region. 13) sphere; circle, circumference, disk. 1) mandala. 2) formation of deities or enlightened attributes. 3) sacred diagram; 1) mandala. 2) disc [as in sun. moon.] [RY]
dkyil 'khor - mandala [RB]
dkyil 'khor - mandala table; the square table, where all the offering are arranged. It is also called offering seat (mchod khri), offering table (mchod stegs) and shrine (mchod bshams - mchod gshom) [RY]
dkyil 'khor - mandala, hand mudra, center-periphery, reality patterning, an elaborate preparation symbolizing the building and ordering of the whole universe to be offered to the Guru, merit from building mandala, awareness (understanding mandala as nothing in itself, refers to the intentional structure of experience), 3 basic ones (ting nge 'dzin, lus, de bzhin nyid), whole tableau, cosmic circle, body-mind of guru or dakini, female organ, offering plate, globe, sphere, disc mandala, center-circumference, symmetrical yantra, external symbolical ideal representation of the mind, internal visualized palace (example: The Rangjung Yeshe Gilded Palace of Dharmic Activity) with principal deity and retinue pattern, snow lizard, fabulous frog, circle, circumference, magic diagrams, region, surroundings, suburb [JV]
---Mandala details---
khyams corridors
gral phyam/gral phyam ma rafter
gru chad corner of courtyard
glo 'bur parapets
sgo doors or porticos
sgo khang porticos
sgo khyud archways
tog finial
rta bab(rta babs kyi snam bu) literally a 'step for climbing down from a horse', gateways, steps. The causal tababs are 'steps' and the resultant are 'layers of decorative cornices.'
thog phub roof canopy
thog 'bubs dome
mthong khung skylights, lantern
dral phyams battens and joists
drva phyed lattice-work, ornamented frieze, hanging tassels
mda' yab balcony, parapets, ledge, balustrade, eave (motif), corbels, pagoda roof.
'dod snam /'dod yon gyi snam bu literally the 'terrace of sense pleasures', stylobate, projecting ledge (Khamtrul Rinpoche: veranda), corridors, terraces, galleries
pu shu coping, “polish parapets”, railing, fence
pha gu a particular 'frieze' level at the top of the walls.
bar khyams courtyard, internal galleries, an outer terrace.
bya dab projecting molding, eaves, pagoda roof.
ma them lintels
ya them thresholds
logs foundation
shar bu water spouts, an ornament in the shape of upside down water vase of the kind used by monks, 'sharbu' frieze.
From [Lotsawa School]