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Mandapa vs Mandala - What's the difference?

mandapa | mandala |

As nouns the difference between mandapa and mandala

is that mandapa is a pillared hall or porch fronting a Hindu temple. It may be attached or detached from the building while mandala is a graphic depiction of the spiritual universe and its myriad realms and deities.

mandapa

English

(wikipedia mandapa)

Alternative forms

* mandap * mandapam

Noun

(mandapas)
  • (in south India, architecture) A pillared hall or porch fronting a Hindu temple. It may be attached or detached from the building.
  • A temporary platform or sacred tent used for a wedding or other religious ceremony.
  • *1997 , (Kiran Nagarkar), Cuckold , HarperCollins 2013, p. 44:
  • *:She led the way inside the house to the mandap .

    • mandala

    English

    Alternative forms

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    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (Hinduism, Buddhism) A graphic depiction of the spiritual universe and its myriad realms and deities.
  • (Hinduism, Buddhism) Any ritualistic geometric design, symbolic of the Universe, used as an aid to meditation.
  • A division or book of the Rigveda (of which there are 10).

    • Coordinate terms

    * magic circle

    Quotations

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