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Mandira, ѲԻ徱, Mamdira: 30 definitions

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Mandira means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Jainism, Prakrit, Buddhism, Pali, Marathi, Hindi, biology. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

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In Hinduism

Vastushastra (architecture)

Source: Wisdom Library: Vāstu-śāstra

1) Mandira (मन्दिर) is a Sanskrit technical term denoting a “residence� in general, according to the lists of synonyms given in the Mayamata XIX.10-12, the Բ XIX.108-12 and the ṅgṇa-ūٰ XVIII.8-9, all populair treatises on Vāstuśāstra literature.

2) Mandira (मन्दिर) refers to a “temple�, and in a broader sense represents “devotional place� or “residence of God�. It is one of commonly used names for a temple, as found in Vāstuśāstra literature such the Mayamata and the Բ.

3)Mandira (मन्दिर) refers to a type of temple () classified under the group named Sāndhāra, according to ṅgṇaūٰ chapter 56. The Sāndhāra group contains twenty-five out of a sixty-four total 岹s (temples) classified under four groups in this chapter. The ṅgṇaūٰ is an 11th-century encyclopedia dealing with various topics from the Vāstuśāstra.

Mandira is also listed in the Ծܰṇa which features a list of 45 temple types. It is listed under the group named Puṣpaka, featuring rectangular-shaped temples. This list represents a classification of temples in Nort-India.

: archive.org: Catalogue of Pancaratra Agama Texts (vastu)

Mandira (मन्दिर) refers to “temples�, as discussed in chapter 6 of the վṣṇܳپ첹ṃh: a Pāñcatra text comprising 3500 Sanskrit verses covering the typically �agamic� subjects which are being narrated by Brahmā to a number of sages.—Description of the chapter [Ի徱-Ծṇa]: This chapter treats first of the considerations that must be satisfied while building a temple [mandira] (1-341), then of the rules for furnishing the finished building with icons and other finishing touches (342-479). In undertaking to construct a temple [mandira], the first thing to do is to select a properly qualified Ācārya-director (3-10). [...] There are various typologies of temples, according to materials used, according to numbers of storeys, etc. (176-205). [...] As for other items in the Mandira [temple compound]—Garuḍa, the īṻ, the dhvajastambha, the kitchen, the storerooms, the treasury, wardrobes, etc. these are each briefly mentioned (480-493).

: OpenEdition books: Architectural terms contained in Ajitāgama and Rauravāgama

Mandira (मन्दिर) refers to “sanctuary (of Viṣṇu) §§ 4.2; 5.1, 18.�.�(For paragraphs cf. Les enseignements architecturaux de l'Ajitāgama et du Rauravāgama by Bruno Dagens)

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Vastushastra (वास्तुशास्त्�, vāstuśāstra) refers to the ancient Indian science (shastra) of architecture (vastu), dealing with topics such architecture, sculpture, town-building, fort building and various other constructions. Vastu also deals with the philosophy of the architectural relation with the cosmic universe.

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Purana and Itihasa (epic history)

[«𱹾dzܲ Ա»] � Mandira in Purana glossary
: archive.org: Shiva Purana - English Translation

Mandira (मन्दिर) or Ālaya refers to “one’s house�, according to the Śivapuṇa 2.2.28. Accordingly as Śiva said to Satī:—“[...] O gentle lady, those who go to another man’s house (para-mandira) without being invited attain disrespect which is more serious than even death. Even the prosperous Indra and people like him going to another man’s house (貹-ⲹ) in such a context become worthless. What then about others? A journey of such a nature is futile�.

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The Purana (पुरा�, puṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.

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Vaishnavism (Vaishava dharma)

: Pure Bhakti: Brhad Bhagavatamrtam

Mandira (मन्दिर) refers to:—A temple. (cf. Glossary page from Śrī Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta).

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Vaishnava (वैष्णव, vaiṣṇava) or vaishnavism (vaiṣṇavism) represents a tradition of Hinduism worshipping Vishnu as the supreme Lord. Similar to the Shaktism and Shaivism traditions, Vaishnavism also developed as an individual movement, famous for its exposition of the dashavatara (‘ten avatars of Vishnu�).

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Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology)

Source: Wisdom Library: Brihat Samhita by Varahamihira

Mandira (मन्दिर) refers to a “room�, according to the Bṛhatsaṃhitā (chapter 4), an encyclopedic Sanskrit work written by Vahamihira mainly focusing on the science of ancient Indian astronomy astronomy (Jyotiṣa).—Accordingly, “The moon (candra) is always below (nearer to the Earth than) the sun. It is spherical in shape. One half of it is always illumined by the light of the sun, while the other half is dark owing to its own shadow, just like a pot placed in the sun. The rays of the sun falling on the watery moon remove the darkness of the night (on Earth) just in the same way as light reflected from a mirror (placed in the sun) removes the darkness (from) within a room [i.e., mandira�.

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Jyotisha (ज्योति�, dzپṣa or jyotish) refers to ‘astronomy� or “Vedic astrology� and represents the fifth of the six Vedangas (additional sciences to be studied along with the Vedas). Jyotisha concerns itself with the study and prediction of the movements of celestial bodies, in order to calculate the auspicious time for rituals and ceremonies.

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Shaivism (Shaiva philosophy)

: Brill: Śaivism and the Tantric Traditions

Mandira (मन्दिर) refers to a “sanctuary�, according to the 13th-century Matsyendrasaṃhitā: a Kubjikā-Tripu oriented Tantric Yoga text of the Ṣaḍanvayaśāmbhava tradition from South India.—Accordingly, “[Visualisation of Parameśvara]:—In a hidden sanctuary (mandirasugupte mandire), the mantra master should sit on a soft cushion and should visualise himself as having the body of Parameśvara, as if [he were transformed into] Kāmeśvara, having no beginning and no end, shining like millions of suns. [...] �.

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Shaiva (शै�, śaiva) or Shaivism (śaivism) represents a tradition of Hinduism worshiping Shiva as the supreme being. Closely related to Shaktism, Shaiva literature includes a range of scriptures, including Tantras, while the root of this tradition may be traced back to the ancient Vedas.

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Pancaratra (worship of Nāyaṇa)

: archive.org: Catalogue of Pancaratra Agama Texts

Mandira (मन्दिर) refers to a “temple�, as discussed in chapter 4 of the ŚīśԲṃh: a Pāñcatra text comprising 5500 Sanskrit verses covering a number of subjects ranging from selecting a temple site through building and furnishing it to sanctifying and maintaining worship in the sacred complex.� Description of the chapter [峦ⲹṇaū첹ūṃgṇa]: Śrī remarks that the way of Yogic discipline is both extremely difficult and full of dangers. This prompts her to ask—Is there a less demanding but no less sure way to salvation? Bhagavān replies that there is an easier way—by installing in a temple [mandira] or in a home an 峾ūپ-image of the Lord and there worshipping it along with Śrī herself with devotion. He says He will enter into that bimba-image and thus bestow all wishes (1-11). [...]

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Pancaratra (पाञ्चरात्र, pāñcatra) represents a tradition of Hinduism where Narayana is revered and worshipped. Closeley related to Vaishnavism, the Pancaratra literature includes various Agamas and tantras incorporating many Vaishnava philosophies.

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In Jainism

General definition (in Jainism)

[«𱹾dzܲ Ա»] � Mandira in Jainism glossary
: archive.org: Een Kritische Studie Van ⲹūdeva’s Paümacariu

Mandira (मन्दिर) participated in the war between and 屹ṇa, on the side of the latter, as mentioned in ⲹūdeva’s Paumacariu (Padmacarita, Paumacariya or 峾ⲹṇapuṇa) chapter 57ff. ⲹū or ⲹūdeva (8th or 9th century) was a Jain householder who probably lived in Karnataka. His work recounts the popular 峾 story as known from the older work 峾ⲹṇa (written by ī쾱). Various chapters [mentioning Mandira] are dedicated to the humongous battle whose armies (known as ṣaܳṇīs) consisted of millions of soldiers, horses and elephants, etc.

: The University of Sydney: A study of the Twelve Reflections

Mandira (मन्दिर) refers to an “abode�, according to the 11th century Jñānārṇava, a treatise on Jain Yoga in roughly 2200 Sanskrit verses composed by Śubhacandra.—Accordingly, “O fool, sentient beings, having begun from the womb, are continually led by [their own] action to Yama’s abode (yama-mandira) by means of uninterrupted journeys. If there is a powerful [man], seen or heard about, who opposes the command of Yama, having honoured him you must possess health. [As there is] no such individual, why [make] the effort [for health] in vain?�.

Synonyms: Āspada, Gṛha, Geha, Nilaya, Sthāna.

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Jainism is an Indian religion of Dharma whose doctrine revolves around harmlessness (ahimsa) towards every living being. The two major branches (Digambara and Svetambara) of Jainism stimulate self-control (or, shramana, ‘self-reliance�) and spiritual development through a path of peace for the soul to progess to the ultimate goal.

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Biology (plants and animals)

[«𱹾dzܲ Ա»] � Mandira in Biology glossary
: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)

Mandira in India is the name of a plant defined with Echinochloa frumentacea in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Oplismenus frumentaceus (Roxb.) Kunth (among others).

Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):

· Bulletin agricole du Congo Belge (1919)
· A Systematic Catalogue of the Flowering Plants and Ferns in Ceylon (1885)
· Révision des Graminées (1829)
· Ceylon J. Sci., Biol. Sci. (1959)
· The Flora of the Malay Peninsula (1925)
· Grasses of Burma (1960)

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This sections includes definitions from the five kingdoms of living things: Animals, Plants, Fungi, Protists and Monera. It will include both the official binomial nomenclature (scientific names usually in Latin) as well as regional spellings and variants.

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Languages of India and abroad

Pali-English dictionary

[«𱹾dzܲ Ա»] � Mandira in Pali glossary
: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionary

mandira : (nt.) a mansion; a palace.

: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

Mandira, (nt.) (cp. late Sk. mandira) a house, edifice, palace Sn. 996, 1012; J. V, 480; VI, 269, 270; Dāvs II. 67 (dhātu° shrine). (Page 523)

: Sutta: Pali Word Grammar from Pali Myanmar Dictionary

mandira (မန္ဒိ�) [(na) (�)]�
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[မန္�+ကိရ။ မောဂ်၊ရ။၁၄၉။ မန္�+ဣရ။ ဓာန်၊ဋီ။၂ဝ၆။]

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Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.

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Marathi-English dictionary

[«𱹾dzܲ Ա»] � Mandira in Marathi glossary
: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

mandira (मंदि�).—n (S) A house. ᲹԻ徱 A palace. dēva- mandira A temple. ṛdⲹԻ徱 The heart or bosom figuratively, the temple of the breast.

: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English

mandira (मंदि�).�n A house. ᲹԻ徱 A palace ŧԻ徱 A temple.

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Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.

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Sanskrit dictionary

: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Mandira (मन्दिर).—[mandyate'tra mand kirac] A dwelling house, habitation, place, mansion; प्रावेशयन्मन्दिरमृद्धमेनम् (屹śⲹԳԻ徱ṛd󲹳Բ) Kumārasambhava 7. 55; Bhaṭṭikāvya 8.96; R.12.83; मणिमयमन्दिरमध्ये पश्यति पिपीलिका छिद्रम� (maṇimayamandiramadhye paśyati pipīlikā chidram) ܲ�.

2) An abode, a dwelling in general; as in क्षीराब्धिमन्दिर� (ṣīr󾱳Ի徱�).

3) A town; विनिक्षिप्� बल� सर्व� बहिरन्तश्च मन्दिर� (vinikṣipya bala� sarva� bahirantaśca mandire) 峾.6.12.3.

4) A camp.

5) A temple.

6) The body.

-� 1 The sea.

2) The hollow of the knee, ham.

Derivable forms: mandiram (मन्दिरम्).

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ѲԻ徱 (मन्दिर�).—A stable.

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Mandira (मन्दिर).—nf.

(--) A house. n.

(-�) 1. A town. 2. A temple. m.

(-�) 1. The sea. 2. The back of the knee, the ham. 3. One of the Gandharbas. f.

(-) A stable. E. madi to sleep, &c. Unadi aff. kirac .

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Mandira (मन्दिर).—I. m. 1. The sea. 2. The back of the knee. Ii. f. , A stable. Iii. f. , and n. A house, [ᾱٴDZ貹ś] ii. [distich] 126 (n.); a palace, [Vikramorvaśī, (ed. Bollensen.)] 35. 2; [Kathāsaritsāgara, (ed. Brockhaus.)] 26, 283 (f.). Iv. n. 1. A town. 2. A temple.

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Mandira (मन्दिर).—[neuter] dwelling, house, castle, palace, temple.

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Mandira (मन्दिर):—[from mad] a n. any waiting or abiding-place, habitation, dwelling, house, palace, temple, town, camp etc. (ifc. dwelling in), [Mahābhārata; Kāvya literature] etc.

2) [v.s. ...] a stable for horses, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.] (cf. mandu)

3) [v.s. ...] the body, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

4) [v.s. ...] m. the sea, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

5) [v.s. ...] the hollow or back of the knee, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

6) [v.s. ...] Name of a Gandharva, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

7) b mandin etc. See above.

8) ѲԻī (मन्दी�):�m. ([probably]) Name of a man, [Kātyāyana-śrauta-sūtra] ([varia lectio] ṅgī)

9) n. [wrong reading] for ñī.

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Mandira (मन्दिर):—[(ra�-)] 1. n. f. A house. m. The sea; the ham. f. A stable n. A town; a temple.

: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

Mandira (मन्दिर) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Ѳṃd.

[Sanskrit to German]

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम� (ṃsṛt), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

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Hindi dictionary

[«𱹾dzܲ Ա»] � Mandira in Hindi glossary
: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

Ѳṃd (मंदि�) [Also spelled mandir]:�(nm) a temple.

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Prakrit-English dictionary

[«𱹾dzܲ Ա»] � Mandira in Prakrit glossary
: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary

1) Ѳṃd (मंदि�) in the Prakrit language is related to the Sanskrit word: Mandira.

2) Ѳṃd (मंदि�) also relates to the Sanskrit word: Ի徱.

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Prakrit is an ancient language closely associated with both Pali and Sanskrit. Jain literature is often composed in this language or sub-dialects, such as the Agamas and their commentaries which are written in Ardhamagadhi and Maharashtri Prakrit. The earliest extant texts can be dated to as early as the 4th century BCE although core portions might be older.

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Kannada-English dictionary

[«𱹾dzܲ Ա»] � Mandira in Kannada glossary
: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Ѳṃd (ಮಂದಿ�):�

1) [noun] a building where normally a person or a family dwells; a house.

2) [noun] a social unit consisting of parents and the children they rear; a family.

3) [noun] a building for the worship of a divinity or divinities; a temple.

4) [noun] a town or city.

5) [noun] a building in which horses are sheltered and fed; a stable.

6) [noun] a sea or ocean.

7) [noun] the physical human body.

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

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Nepali dictionary

[«𱹾dzܲ Ա»] � Mandira in Nepali glossary
: unoes: Nepali-English Dictionary

Mandira (मन्दिर):—n. 1. a dwelling; house; habitation; place; mansion; 2. Bot. the plant called Arka; 3. the Dhattura tree; 4. heaven; 5. an elephant; 6. name of a son of Hiranya Kasyapu;

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