मन्दिर

mandir (aangrezi: Hindu temple) hinduoan ke upasana sthal ko kaha jata hai. yah aradhana aur pooja-archana ke lie nishchit ki huee jagah ya devasthan hai. yani jis jagah kisi aradhy dev ke prati dhyan ya chiantan kiya jae ya vahaan moorti ityadi rakhakar pooja-archana ki jae, use mandir kahate haian.

• bharatiy dharmoan- sanatan dharm, jain dharm, bauddh dharm tatha sikkh dharm adi mean mandiroan ka kisi-n-kisi roop mean vishesh mahattv mana gaya hai.
• mandir ka shabdik arth 'ghar' hai. vastutah sahi shabd 'devamandir', 'shivamandir', 'kalimandir' adi haian.
• math vah sthan hai, jahaan kisi sampraday, dharm ya paranpara vishesh mean astha rakhane vale shishy achary ya dharmaguru apane sampraday ke sanrakshan aur sanvarddhan ke uddeshy se dharm granthoan par vichar-vimarsh karate haian ya unaki vyakhya karate haian, jisase us sampraday ke manane valoan ka hit ho aur unhean pata chal sake ki unake dharm mean kya hai.

udaharan ke lie bauddh viharoan ki tulana hindoo mathoan ya eesaee monestriz se ki ja sakati hai, lekin 'math' shabd ka prayog shankarachary ke kal yani satavian ya athavian shatabdi se shuroo hua mana jata hai. tamil bhasha mean mandir ko 'koeel' ya 'kovil' kaha jata hai.

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