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mandapam

mandapam is the alternative form of mandapa.

Meaning of mandapa

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
    Synonyms:
    pandal, shamiana

Forms of mandapam

pluralmandapams

Questions about mandapam

What is mandapam the alternative form of?
Mandapam is the alternative form of mandapa.

Words near mandapam in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: mandapam (page history and authors); mandapa (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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