Glossary Term
Risk: Medium- Approved rendering
- मण्डली
- Transliteration
- maṇḍalī
- Rejected alternatives
- मन्दिरम्, मठः
Church
Never मन्दिरम् (temple, image-centered) or मठः (a monastic institution organizationally tied to a guru-lineage, e.g. Śaṅkara’s four cardinal maṭhas). मण्डली names the assembled congregation.
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