sanda
sanda noun: a Chinese martial art, self-defense system, and combat sport, similar to kick-boxing. Also the alternative form of sandarac.
Noun (1)
sanda (uncountable)
- A Chinese martial art, self-defense system, and combat sport, similar to kick-boxing.
- The major injury situation for the sanda males was attacking with a punch (66.7%) followed by attacking with a kick (33.3%).1995, C. Blijd, E. Blijd, W. Pieter, “Wushu Injuries: A Pilot Study”, in Biology of Sport, volume 12, number 3, page 163
- Sanda is a sport art, basically kick-boxing with throws. It's generally about scoring points, there are few knock-outs.2009, Brian Preston, Me, Chi, and Bruce Lee, →ISBN
- Synonyms:
- Chinese boxing
Noun (2)
sanda (plural sandas)
- 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...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...1913, Journal of the Gypsy Lore Society, page 122
Noun (3)
sanda (plural sandas)
- A man who is congenitally impotent.
- 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...1992, Jos Ignacio Cabez, Buddhism, Sexuality, and Gender, →ISBN, page 211
- But when this normal posture is reverse and a male partner lies below down in supine position and female partner lies upon him in prone posture while doing intercourse, they will develop a "sanda-child".1994, Suśruta, Suśruta-saṃhitā: Śārīrasthānam, page 37
Noun (4)
sanda (plural sandas)
- 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...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
Noun (5)
sanda (uncountable)
- A traditional music style.
- 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.2001, Review of Indonesian and Malaysian Affairs
- 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, →ISBN
Also used as
sanda is also the alternative form of sandarac.
sanda meaning in Vietnamese
sanda in Vietnamese
- Translations
- tán đả
Examples of sanda in a sentence
- 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...
- Some of the Sanda skills were taken from external kung fu and were used in real fight.2011, Yan Liu, Kung Fu Engineering, →ISBN:
- 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.1893, North Indian Notes and Queries - Volume 3, page 99:
- 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.1913, Journal of the Gypsy Lore Society, page 122:
Synonyms of sanda
Forms of sanda
| plural | sandas |
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Origin of sanda
From Mandarin 散打 (sǎndǎ).
Borrowed 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.
Phrases with sanda
Questions about sanda
- What does sanda mean?
- Sanda means a Chinese martial art, self-defense system, and combat sport, similar to kick-boxing.
- What is sanda in Vietnamese?
- Sanda in Vietnamese is tán đả. See Sanda meaning in Vietnamese.
- How do you use sanda in a sentence?
- Using methods of literature material, video observation and mathematical statistics, this paper analyzed sanda players' leg-applied technology.
- What part of speech is sanda?
- Sanda is a noun.
- What is the plural of sanda?
- The plural of sanda is sandas.
Words near sanda in the dictionary
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