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n. 1 A double-edged sword from India, used ceremonially in Sikhism. 2 A religious symbol of Sikhism, having the shape of three swords: a khanda, a chakram and two kirpans.
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The Khanda (, ) depicts the Sikh doctrine Deg Tegh Fateh in emblematic form. It consists of three weapons and a circle: the khanda, two kirpans and the chakkar which is a circle. It is the military emblem of the Sikhs. It is also part of the design of the Nishan Sahib. A double edged khanda (sword) is placed at the top of a Nishan Sahib flag as an ornament or finial. The Khanda emblem is an amalgam of three symbols, represented by three different items.
- A double-edged khanda (sword) in the centre
- A chakkar ( chakram)
- Two single-edged swords, or kirpan, crossed at the bottom and sit on either side of the khanda and chakkar. They represent the dual characteristics of Miri-Piri, indicating the integration of both spiritual and temporal sovereignty together and not treating them as two separate and distinct entities.l
The Khanda is often confused with the emblem shown on Iran's flag which the Khanda predates. In recent years, the Khanda has been used to show solidarity within the Sikh community after high profile shootings in the United States.
The symbol is encoded in Unicode, in the Miscellaneous Symbols range, at codepoint U+262C (☬).
The khanda is a South Asian double-edge straight sword. It is often featured in religious iconography, theatre and art depicting the ancient history of India. Some communities venerate the weapon as a symbol of Shiva. It is a common weapon in the martial arts in South Asia. Khanda often appears in Hindu, Buddhist and Sikh scriptures and art.
Khanda may refer to:
- Place
- Khanda, Jind village in Jind district of Haryana, India
- Khanda Kheri village in Hansi Tehsil of Hisar District of Haryana, India
- Khanda, Sonipat village in Sonepat district of Haryana, India
- Khanda, Agra village in Agra district of Uttar Pradesh, India
- Khandas a small village 34 km from Karjat station in Maharashtra, India
- Religion
- Khanda (Sikh symbol)
- Khanda (sword)
- Khandas or chapters which divides the Hindu texts written in Sanskrit.
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Usage examples of "khanda".
There was never a word from Scott in the Khanda district, away to the south-east, except the regular telegraphic report to Hawkins.
They are called khandas, and are as follows: the organized body, sensation, perception, discrimination, and consciousness.
Death is the dissolution and entire destruction of these khandas, and apart from them there is no synthetical unit, soul, or personality.
Again: the arguments cited from Buddha seem aimed to prove, not that there is absolutely no self in man, but that the five khandas are not the self, that the real self is something distinct from all that is exposed to misery and change, something deep, wondrous, divine, infinite.
Sachaka forced to confess that the five khandas are impermanent, connected with sorrow, unreal, not the self.
To secure it is a positive triumph quite distinct from the fated dissolution of the khandas in death.
In a corner, a Japanese warrior, mailed and plumed, menaced him with a halberd, and a score of lances and khandas and kuttars gave back the unsteady gleam.