Mandapakarana, Maṇḍapakaraṇa, Mandapa-karana: 2 definitions
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Dharmashastra (religious law)
Source: archive.org: History of Dharmasastra (Vol II Part I)Maṇḍapakaraṇa (मण्डपकरण) refers to “erecting a canopy where the ceremonies are to be performed” and represents one of the various Marriage Rites (saṃskāra) according to the Parāskara-gṛhya-sūtra I.4.—The main outlines of the marriage saṃskāra show a remarkable continuity for several thousand years from the times of the Rig Veda down to modern times.—Maṇḍapakaraṇa refers to erecting a pandal (canopy) where the ceremonies are to be performed. Parāskara-gṛhya-sūtra I.4 says that marriage, caula, upanayana, kesanta and sīmanta are to be performed outside the house in a paṇḍal.—Vide Saṃskāra-prakāśa of Mitramiśra pp.817-818.
Dharmashastra (धर्मशास्त्र, dharmaśāstra) contains the instructions (shastra) regarding religious conduct of livelihood (dharma), ceremonies, jurisprudence (study of law) and more. It is categorized as smriti, an important and authoritative selection of books dealing with the Hindu lifestyle.
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Sanskrit dictionary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus CatalogorumMaṇḍapakaraṇa (मण्डपकरण) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—[dharma] Stein 98 (inc.).
Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), 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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Notices of Sanskrit Manuscripts (by Rajendralala Mitra)
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Skanda Purana (by G. V. Tagare)
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