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Borrowed from Sanskritमण्डप(maṇḍapa), मण्टप(maṇṭapa, “pavilion, mandapa”), a non-native word likely from the same source as मठ(maṭha, “hut, hermit's cottage”). Probably derived via Hindiमंडप(maṇḍap) or another New Indo-Aryan language.