The Mandala Symbol

“mandala n.
Any of various ritualistic geometric designs symbolic of the universe, used in Hinduism and Buddhism as an aid to meditation.
[Sanskrit mawQalam, circle, perhaps from Tamil muëalai, ball]”
American Heritage Dictionary

This symbol appeared in two of my projects that are not publicly accessible anymore. I see a number of things in it that the American Heritage Dictionary fails to mention:

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First of all it symbolizes the colorfulness of life and opinions as opposed to the dreary drabness of ideologies and religious beliefs. It’s a metaphor for wildness, multitude and plurality as opposed to law and order, rules and regulations, stifled creativity and curbed individuality.
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Its predominant center stands for things like focus, fecundity, ambition, obsession, passion, perseverance.
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The repetitive roundness of its design and ornaments, along with the above, evokes associations such as planet, ball, vagina, penetration, perpetuity, cosmos, circularity.