A maṇḍala represents an enlightened realm, with a deity at the centre and attendant figures around, drawn in coloured sand, painted or visualized. Tantric practitioners enter it in initiation and meditation. Carl Jung later used the word for circular images of the self.
Maṇḍala
A circle: a sacred diagram of an enlightened deity’s palace and retinue, used in tantric ritual and meditation.
Also: Mandala