Katas

It is an emblem of swiftness: when the brigand poet Shanfara boasts, “The ash-coloured Katas can drink only my leavings, after hastening all night to slake their thirst in the morning,” it is a hyperbole boasting of his speed.

The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

Katas are a series of predefined martial arts movements that can be used to defend oneself.

Anne M. Plant: Soul Survival 2008

Katas, sparring, dummies—we got them to pretend to hit things.

Dying to Live Kim Paffenroth 2006

When, therefore, Shanfara boasts “The ash-coloured Katas can only drink my leavings, after hastening all night to slake their thirst in the morning,” it is a hyperbole to express exceeding swiftness.

Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah and Meccah 2003

If there is a temple close by, _Katas_, food and money are laid before the images of Buddha and saints, and the parties walk round the inside of the temple.

In the Forbidden Land Arnold Henry Savage Landor 1894

_Katas_ were distributed after this performance to all the Tibetans present, who folded them and stowed them away in their coats.

An Explorer's Adventures in Tibet Arnold Henry Savage Landor 1894

_Katas_ were distributed after this religious performance to all the

In the Forbidden Land Arnold Henry Savage Landor 1894

In Tibet these _Katas_ accompany every gift, and no caller ever goes about without one, which instantly on arrival he produces for presentation to his host.

In the Forbidden Land Arnold Henry Savage Landor 1894

We encamped about two miles beyond the settlement, and during the evening several persons visited my tent, bringing gifts of flour, butter and _tsamba_, accompanied by _Katas_, the veils of friendship.

In the Forbidden Land Arnold Henry Savage Landor 1894

Mr.W. Theobald makes the following note of this bird's breeding in the neighbourhood of Pind Dadan Khan and Katas in the Salt Range: --

The Nests and Eggs of Indian Birds, Volume 1 Allan Octavian Hume 1870