Noun:

मंदा,

mandya's Usage Examples:

In the Greek usage, the mandyas is usually worn only when performing certain liturgical roles; in the Slavic usage, all monks and nuns of the rank of Stavrophore or above wear the mandyas at every service, so long as they are in their own monastery.

Byzantine RiteIn Eastern Orthodoxy and Byzantine Catholicism, monks wear a black cloak, the mandyas over the outer cassock.

The mandyas completely covers the monastic below the chin and reaches to the floor.

A mantle (Greek: μανδύας, romanized: mandyas; Church Slavonic: мантия, mantiya) is an ecclesiastical garment in the form of a very full cape that extends.