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sandas

sandas is the plural of sanda.

Meaning of sanda

Noun (1)

sanda (uncountable)

  1. 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
    Synonyms:
    Chinese boxing

Noun (2)

sanda (plural sandas)

  1. 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

Noun (3)

sanda (plural sandas)

  1. (India) 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

Noun (4)

sanda (plural sandas)

  1. 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

Noun (5)

sanda (uncountable)

  1. (Malaysia) 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

Questions about sandas

What is sandas the plural of?
Sandas is the plural of sanda.

Words near sandas in the dictionary

  1. sandarach
  2. sandarachs
  3. sandaracs
  4. Sandarmokh
  5. sandars
  6. sandas
  7. Sandate
  8. Sandates
  9. Sandaun
  10. Sandawe
  11. Sandawi

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