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Where do mandalas come from?
The word maá¹á¸ala (मणà¥à¤¡à¤²) comes from the ancient Indianlanguage Sanskrit, and means "circle." Maá¹á¸ala refers to thesections of wo…rk of the á¹gveda, and is also used to describe imagryin spiritual practice and meditation within the Indian traditions,including Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism. An example of a maá¹á¸ala fromthese religions would be the geometric designs called yantras . One theory on the origin of maá¹á¸alas (particularly yantras), isbased on the geometric patterns created by sound frequency. Eachfrequency arranges particles in a different pattern, as illustratedby sand on a drum or speaker. This suggests that maá¹á¸alas (yantras)may be linked with the concept of creation through sound - Speech(Sanskrit, vÄk - वाà¤à¥) or Word (Greek, logos -λÏγοÏ). The term maá¹á¸ala is sometimes applied to similar imagry foundoutside of Indian religions, including Christianity (eg. celticcross) and Native American traditions (eg. medicine wheels). (MORE)