单词 | khanda |
释义 | khandan. 1. A double-edged sword with a wide blade, used in Sikhism for ceremonial purposes. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > sharp weapon > side arms > sword > [noun] sword971 brandOE edgeOE ironOE brandelletc1325 garec1330 toolc1386 brank1480 tranchefera1533 flatchet1577 Morglay1582 smiter1591 brandiron1596 Toledo1601 machaira1614 spit-frog1615 toasting-irona1616 spit1642 bilbo1676 porker1688 tilter1688 degen1699 spurtlec1700 toaster1751 toasting-fork1807 slasher1815 cheese-cutter1824 khanda1825 cheese-toaster1858 windlestraw1895 1825 Asiatic Researches 15 201 The long straight national sword of Orissa, called the khanda. 1834 Hindoos I. vi. 227 These khandas are but ‘of lath’, in shape like the Andrea Ferara, or long cut-and-thrust, the favourite weapon of the Rajpoot. 1887 R. Kipling Lett. of Marque (1909) I. vii. 53 An armful of tulwars, kuttars, and khandas. 1906 Baily's Mag. Feb. 97/1 Sometimes the Khanda has a long iron spike projecting from the hilt. 1967 P. S. Rawson Indian Sword 53 One of the paintings..shows a beautiful Rajput Khanda, with a ridged and waisted spoon-blade, mounted in the same Indo-Muslim form of hilt. 1997 J. Bowker World Relig. 87/1 (caption) Guru Gobind Singh stirred the blessed water that was used for initiating Sikhs with the khanda, the double-edged sword that came to be the symbol of the Sikh community. 2. An emblem of Sikhism, depicting a double-edged sword positioned vertically with the hilt at the bottom, the blade surrounded by a circular chakra and the hilt intersected by the crossing hilts of two single-edged swords with blades curving upwards on either side of the chakra. ΚΠ 1993 Times 3 July iii. 8/4 On the platform was a khanda, a circle flanked by swords and with a double-edged sword in the centre. 2001 B. Rai (Un)arranged Marriage xii. 87 Some of them had heavy gold rings in each ear and wore a gold khanda—the symbol of Sikhism—on a chain, around their necks. 2005 K. Knott Location of Relig. ii. 4 Visible religious symbols, such as the hijab, the turban, or khanda, the cross or fish, the star of David, or the tilaka. 2009 India Today (Nexis) 6 July I've a Khanda and the Mahamrityunjya mantra tattooed on my arms. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1825 |
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