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• maṇḍapa (IAST)
• mandap, mandapam, mantapa

語源

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.

発音

• (英国発音) IPA: /ˈmʌndəpə/

名詞

mandapa (plural mandapas)

1. (India, South India, architecture) 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.

   Synonyms: pandal, shamiana

   • 1997, Kiran Nagarkar, Cuckold, HarperCollins, published 2013, page 44:

     She led the way inside the house to the mandap.

   • 2023, Radhika Iyengar, Fire on the Ganges, Fourth Estate, page 284:

     When she takes her place next to Lakshaya at the wedding mandap, both of them smile at each other.