Definition of "sanda"
sanda1
noun
uncountable
A Chinese martial art and sport, similar to kick-boxing.
Quotations
Using methods of literature material, video observation and mathematical statistics, this paper analyzed sanda players' leg-applied technology.
2011, Su Jianjiao, “Research on Leg-Applied Technology in Man's Sanda Competition in the 11th National Games of PRC”, in Advances in Education and Management
sanda2
noun
plural sandas
A desert reptile, Saara hardwickii, a type of spiny-tailed lizard.
Quotations
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.
1893, North Indian Notes and Queries - Volume 3, page 99
Bhantus catch the sanda, or broad-tailed lizard, which dwells in rat-holes in the ground and lives always in fear of the cobra, in the following manner: — The Sansi sallies forth with a wooden mallet in one hand and a tuft of tough grass in the other. On his belly he wriggles up to the sanda's hole, rustling the tuft of grass with a noise which resembles the crackling of a snake's scales. The sanda comes up tail foremost, and blocks the orifice with his pachydermatous appendage. The Sansi then delivers a crushing blow with the mallet on the earth an inch or two on the inside of the sanda, closes the passage, cuts off retreat, extracts the lizard and stuffs it into his shirt.
1913, Journal of the Gypsy Lore Society, page 122
sanda3
noun
plural sandas
(India) A man who is congenitally impotent.
Quotations
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.
1992, Jos Ignacio Cabez, Buddhism, Sexuality, and Gender, page 211
sanda4
noun
plural sandas
A white calico shroud used in East Africa.
Quotations
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).
1963, Joseph Mawinza, The Human Soul: Life and Soul-concept in an East African Mentality, page 86
The cloth, guo, which had been removed from the corpse and replaced by the sanda, is now spread over the grave so that the bystanders do not see the deposition of the body in its final resting place, the mwana-wa-ndani, explained in the next note.
1967, Alfons Loogman, Duquesne Studies: African series - Volume 2, page 129
sanda5
noun
plural sandas
Quotations
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.
1860, New York State Agricultural Society, Proceedings of the Annual Meeting, page 464
sanda6
noun
uncountable
(Malaysia) A traditional music style.
Quotations
The second part of recomposed Embroidering Golden Banner achieves the brightness and cheerfulness of music, and presents a cheerful passion through sanda playing methods such as left-hind octave fills, right-hand echo decoration, and encircled decoration.
2015, Dawei Zheng, Control, Mechatronics and Automation Technology