續一切經音義 6.125

6.125

曼茶羅（上母官反梵語也或云曼拏攞或云滿拏羅亦云曼吒羅一也此云眾聖集會義翻也即今壇是也）。

Maṇḍala (曼茶羅: the first [character] is fanqie 母官. It is Sanskrit; also rendered *mannaluo* (曼拏攞) or *mannaluo* (滿拏羅) or *manzhala* (曼吒羅), which are identical. Here it is translated by meaning as 'assembly of the noble beings'; that is the modern altar platform [壇]).