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mandapa

UK/ˈmʌndəpə/

mandapa noun: a pillared hall or porch fronting a Hindu temple. It may be attached or detached from the building.

mandapa: a pillared hall or porch fronting a Hindu temple. It may be attached or detached from the building
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Noun

mandapa (plural mandapas)

  1. (India, South) A pillared hall or porch fronting a Hindu temple. It may be attached or detached from the building.
  2. (India, South-Asia) A temporary platform or sacred tent used for a wedding or other religious ceremony.
    • She led the way inside the house to the mandap.1997, Kiran Nagarkar, Cuckold, HarperCollins, published 2013, page 44
    • When she takes her place next to Lakshaya at the wedding mandap, both of them smile at each other.2023, Radhika Iyengar, Fire on the Ganges, Fourth Estate, page 284
    Synonyms:
    pandal, shamiana

mandapa meaning in Hindi, Malayalam and Gujarati

mandapa in Hindi

mandapa
मंडप maṇḍap

mandapa in Malayalam

mandapa
മണ്ഡപം maṇḍapaṁ

mandapa in Gujarati

mandapa
ચોરી pũliṅg, માંડવો māṇdavo

Synonyms of mandapa

Forms of mandapa

pluralmandapas
alternative formmaṇḍapa
alternative formmandap
alternative formmandapam
alternative formmantapa

Origin of mandapa

Borrowed from Sanskrit मण्डप (maṇḍapa), मण्टप (maṇṭapa, “pavilion, mandapa”), a non-native word likely from the same source as मठ (maṭha, “hut, hermit's cottage”). Probably also borrowed from Hindi मंडप (maṇḍap) or another New Indo-Aryan language.

Questions about mandapa

What does mandapa mean?
Mandapa means a pillared hall or porch fronting a Hindu temple. It may be attached or detached from the building.
What is mandapa in Hindi?
Mandapa in Hindi is मंडप (maṇḍap). See Mandapa meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is mandapa?
Mandapa is a noun.
How do you pronounce mandapa?
Mandapa is pronounced /ˈmʌndəpə/ (UK).
What is the plural of mandapa?
The plural of mandapa is mandapas.

Words near mandapa in the dictionary

  1. mandamusing
  2. Mandan
  3. Mandans
  4. Mandaon
  5. mandap
  6. mandapa
  7. mandapam
  8. mandapams
  9. mandapas
  10. Mandapop
  11. mandaps

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: mandapa (page history and authors); मंडप (Hindi) (page history and authors); മണ്ഡപം (Malayalam) (page history and authors); ચોરી (Gujarati) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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