Mandara
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Africa
- Mandara languages is on of the group of Chadic languages
- Mandara kingdomMandara KingdomThe Mandara Kingdom was a West African kingdom in the Mandara Mountains of what is today Cameroon. The Mandarawa people are descended from the kingdom's inhabitants.- History :...
of Cameroon - Mandara MountainsMandara MountainsThe Mandara Mountains are a volcanic range extending about 200km along the northern part of the Cameroon-Nigeria border, from the Benue River in the south to the north-west of Maroua in the north . The highest elevation is 1,494 m , the summit of Mount Oupay .The region is densely populated,...
of Cameroon - Madarawa, also called the Mandara people, of Cameroon
Other
- Mandara or MandalaMandalaMaṇḍala is a Sanskrit word that means "circle". In the Buddhist and Hindu religious traditions their sacred art often takes a mandala form. The basic form of most Hindu and Buddhist mandalas is a square with four gates containing a circle with a center point...
, Hindu and Buddhist religious objects. - Mandara people (Australia), an Australian Aboriginal tribe
- Mandara tree, the legume Erythrina stricta
- Mandaraba tree, the Indian Coral Tree (Erythrina variegata)
- Mount MandaraMount MandaraMandara is the name of a mountain which appears in the Samudra manthan episode in the Hindu Puranas, where it was used as a churning rod to churn the ocean of milk. The serpent, Vasuki offered to serve as the rope...
, a mythical mountain in the Hindu Puranas