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Borrowed from Sanskrit मण्डप (maṇḍapa).
മണ്ഡപം • (maṇḍapaṁ)
- mandapa
- an open shed erected for marriages & other feasts, adorned with flowers
- a memorial pavilion
- Gundert, Hermann (1872) “മണ്ഡപം”, in A Malayalam and English dictionary, Mangalore, London: C. Stolz; Trübner & Co.