...depending upon what effect you wish to achieve--meaning, I can't tell whether you are describing a process to actually create the mandalas or a method to "replicate" the number of instances--"reflections" will work--and up until B4 I think the number was limited to "seven" (reflections per object)...and with the number of "instances" that you mention, I wouldn't doubt it if the person who created this image also used the multi-replication feature together with "snap to/XYZ align" (which I think was available even in B2 but it's been too long for me to remember, and I no longer have B2 on my HD) ;-) ...you might wanna check with the Bryce folks at 3D Commune and/or the Yahoo Bryce Community as well... ...apologies for the OT...