The Sanskrit term Maṇḍapapratiṣṭhā can be transliterated into English as Mandapapratistha or Mandapapratishtha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Pancaratra (worship of Nārāyaṇa)

Source: archive.org: Catalogue of Pancaratra Agama Texts

Maṇḍapapratiṣṭhā (मण्डपप्रतिष्ठा) refers to the “consecration of the temple pavilions”, as discussed in chapter 21 of the Puruṣottamasaṃhitā: a Pāñcarātra text consisting of more than 1800 verses devoted to temple-building and the practical concerns of the Pāñcarātra priestly community.—Description of the chapter [vimāna-gopura-maṇḍapa-ādi-pratiṣṭhā]: Bhagavān says he will now tell how to consecrate the structural buildings in a temple. The details for consecrating the vimāna are first outlined (1-15); the same is then outlined for maṇḍapas [e.g., maṇḍapapratiṣṭhā] (15-23) , and then also collectively for rathas, vāhanas, dvāras, gopuras etc. (24-34). The remainder of the chapter deals with sudarśana-consecration (35-58).

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Pancaratra (पाञ्चरात्र, pāñcarātra) 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.

Languages of India and abroad

Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

maṇḍapapratiṣṭhā (मंडपप्रतिष्ठा).—f (S) The ceremony of consecrating (of summoning the divinity into) a maṇḍapa.

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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.

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Maṇḍapapratiṣṭhā (मण्डपप्रतिष्ठा).—the consecration of a temple.

Maṇḍapapratiṣṭhā is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms maṇḍapa and pratiṣṭhā (प्रतिष्ठा).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus Catalogorum

Maṇḍapapratiṣṭhā (मण्डपप्रतिष्ठा) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—etc. a fragment of a larger work. Cs 2, 302 (inc.).

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

Maṇḍapapratiṣṭhā (मण्डपप्रतिष्ठा):—[=maṇḍa-pa-pratiṣṭhā] [from maṇḍa-pa > maṇḍa > maṇḍ] f. the consecration of a temple, [Monier-Williams’ Sanskrit-English Dictionary]

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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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Partial matches: Pratishtha, Mandapa.

Full-text: Rathapratishtha.

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