Definitions
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- noun A pillared hall or porch fronting a
Hindu temple. It may be attached or detached from the building. - noun A temporary
platform or sacredtent used for a Hinduwedding or other religious ceremony.
Etymologies
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Sanskrit मण्डप, मण्टप (maṇḍapa, maṇṭapa) "pavilion, mandapa", a non-native word perhaps from the same source as मठ (maṭha) "hut, hermit's cottage".
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Examples
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The first one at risk is the 13th century Shiva temple of Kakatiya period just before Chityal, having 'garba gruha', 'arthamandapa', 'maha mandapa' and a four-pillared 'Nandi mandapa'.
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According to him the four-pillared room served as the garvagriha and the cell of the west with a brick built platform inside acted as the mandapa as per the layout style of a Hindu temple.
Signs of the Times 2010
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The temple's culminating point, geographically and symbolically, is Gopura I, whose mandapa
NYT > Home Page By DANIEL ROBINSON 2009
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