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Sanda
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- 1 A Chinese martial art, self-defense system, and combat sport, similar to kick-boxing. uncountable
"The major injury situation for the sanda males was attacking with a punch (66.7%) followed by attacking with a kick (33.3%)."
- 2 A desert reptile, Saara hardwickii, a type of spiny-tailed lizard.
"The sanda is easily caught by a horse-hair noose placed over the opening of his burrow, which is always of uniform shape, and the exact size of what would be a mid-section of the reptile. The sanda is in great repute as a resotorative and aphrodisiac, and even high caste Hindus, such as Brahmans and Rajpats, boil them down into a strong soup."
- 3 A man who is congenitally impotent. India
"Vasubandhu at (II.1c) (and elsewhere in the Abhidharmakosa, see Note 13) draws a distinction between the sanda and the pandaka, which Yasomitra understands in the following way: pandakas are those individuals who have lost their indriya, that is, the masculinity or femininity principle, through some means (upakrama), whereas sanda is taken to apply to category 1, the congenitally impotent."
- 4 A white calico shroud used in East Africa.
"This washing is done by several elderly persons of the respective sex and these wrap it up with a sanda (white calico), either one or several according to the dignity, age and richness of the dead. But sanda instead of mikuswa (banana-leaves) was introduced lately because the people were not using clothes but mayombwe, i.e. stringy material (56a). The sanda comes next to the body whilst the mat will be spread inside the grave and another covers the outer of the mutufwi (57)."
- 5 Alternative form of sandarac. alt-of, alternative
"Many of these trees yield rosin and gums, as I practically know, and they are worthy of being examined. As for example a sanda, which produces seche de sanda ; this is a valuable remedy for quickly healing cuts and other wounds."
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- 6 A traditional music style. Malaysia, uncountable
"Sanda is a venerated, solemn genre; in this area of east Manggarai rima it occurs only on the occasion of a religious festival such as penti."
Etymology
From Mandarin 散打 (sǎndǎ).
From Hindi सांडा (sāṇḍā).
Ultimately from Sanskrit षण्ढ (ṣaṇḍha, “eunuch, hermaphrodite”), which is often conflated with साण्ड (sāṇḍa, “bull”) in New Indo-Aryan languages due to sound change.
From Swahili sanda.
From Malay sanda.
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