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单词 mandap
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Definition of mandap in English:

mandap

(also mandapam)
nounˈmʌndəp
  • 1(in southern India) a temple porch.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • It is now time for jubilation and exchange of greetings in the middle of the mandap.
    • The following mandapams are found in this temple.
    • A beautiful flight of steps along with mandapams for devotees to rest, take us to the top of the hill.
    • On the ceiling of this mandapam are the wonderful images of ‘navagrahas’ or nine deities intricately done in wood.
    • By evening, the grand edifice of the temple and the neon lights of the commercial area are reflected in the waters along with the five mandapams dotting the periphery.
    • Outside the main entrance to the temple is a stone mandapam and around this area are several shops that sell anything from lead and stone vessels to brass and bronze prayer items.
    • The original mandapam where the king used to rest while visiting the temple is quite unrecognisable now.
    • Two of the mandapams have been left unfinished.
    • Almost all the communities in the town can today boast of a couple of mandapams of their own.
    • In all there are eight mandapams scattered over the main hill, two of which have been left unfinished.
    • Once he reached the temple, he was thrilled and ecstatic and, threw away all his clothes and entered the mandapam only in a small piece of loincloth.
    • The outer pillars of the mandapam seen here have sharply-cut discs at the top and square blocks at the centre to which granite figures are attached to form angled brackets reaching the eave.
    • In the light drizzle, his niece, followed by her husband and son, and then her mother, make their way to the mandapam.
    • An icon of a crawling Krishna in a silver cradle or leaf is placed in the mandapam.
    • In those regal days, it is said, the king and the queen, after taking a round about trip by boat, would retire to the central mandapam for a bit of rest.
    • There are many mandapams on the way for people to take rest.
    • The east-facing temple is constructed on a six-foot-high platform and has a pillared mandap and a gate.
    • In front of the temple was once an ancient shopping center lined with mandapams, the ruins of which stand today.
    • A Kerala-style mandapam and sculptures will be put up there.
    • With the temple becoming a popular marriage centre, the two mandapams are increasingly becoming inadequate.
    1. 1.1 A temporary platform set up for weddings and religious ceremonies.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • However, now it is common to find more than two marriages being held at the same venue with most halls boasting of an additional mandapam.
      • Some of the senior priests ran from one wedding mandap to another to be present at the most crucial moments of the ceremonies.
      • According to the police, additional security would be provided around the mandapam where the wedding is scheduled to take place.
      • She was ceremoniously brought to the mandapam by the groom's maternal uncle.
      • He is then escorted to the mandap while the rest of the party takes seats among the audience.

Origin

From Sanskrit maṇḍapam.

 
 
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