mantapa
or man·tap·pa
[muhn-tuh-puh]
- a porch or vestibule of a Brahman temple.
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Origin of mantapa
< Hindi maṇḍap < Sanskrit maṇḍapa
Also called chaori.
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A mantapa is an open temple, or halting-place for an idol on procession days.
Old DanielThomas Hodson