Manda may refer to:

Places

Kafr Manda Kafr Manda or Kfar Menda (, ) is an Arab town in the Lower Galilee, on the slopes of Mount Atzmon in Israel's Northern District. Kafr Manda is northwest of the city of Nazareth. In its population was . The inhabitants are predominantly Arab ...

, Arab town in the Lower Galilee * Manda Upazila, an upazila in the Division of Rajshahi, Bangladesh * Manda, former union council incorporated into

Dhaka South City Corporation Dhaka South City Corporation (), is a local governing body that manages all civic services in the southern part of Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh. The DSCC government is elected by popular vote every five years. It is headed by a mayor, who p ...

in Dhaka, Bangladesh * Manda, Kale, a village in Burma * Manda, Guinea, a town in the Labé Region * Manda, Jammu, India, a village * Manda (zamindari), an erstwhile feudal estate in India, near Allahabad * Manda (Tanzanian ward), an administrative ward in Dodoma Region, Tanzania * Manda, Missouri, a ghost town in the United States *

Manda National Park Manda National Park is a List of national parks of Africa#Chad, national park in Chad. It is located in southern Chad near the town of Sarh and borders Chari River on the east and the Sarh-Ndjamena road on the south=west. The park occupies more t ...

, Chad *

Manda Island Manda is an island of the Lamu Archipelago of Kenya, known for the prosperous 9th century ports of Takwa and Manda town. The island is now linked by ferry to Lamu and is home to Manda Airport, while Manda Toto island lies to its west. The ...

, Lamu Archipelago, Kenya

People

Manda people The Manda are an ethnic and linguistic group based in Ludewa District in the Iringa Region and northern Ruvuma Region of southern Tanzania, along the eastern shore of Lake Malawi Lake Malawi, also known as Lake Nyasa in Tanzania and Lago N ...

, an ethnic and linguistic group in southern Tanzania * Manda (name), a list of people with the given name or surname

Fictional characters

* Manda Best, in the soap opera ''EastEnders'' *

Manda (kaiju) is a 1963 Cinema of Japan, Japanese ''tokusatsu'' science fiction film directed by Ishirō Honda, with special effects by Eiji Tsuburaya. Produced and distributed by Toho, it is based on ''The Undersea Warship: A Fantastic Tale of Island Adventur ...

, a dragon-based kaiju that appears in Japanese monster films * Manda, a giant snake in the ''

Naruto ''Naruto'' is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Masashi Kishimoto. It tells the story of Naruto Uzumaki, a young ninja who seeks recognition from his peers and dreams of becoming the Hokage, the leader of his village. T ...

'' manga series

Other uses

* ''Manda'' (beetle), a genus of insects in the family Staphylinidae *

Beth manda A mandi, mashkhanna ( ), or beth manda (''beit manda'', , 'house of knowledge'; also ''bimanda''), is a Mandaean building that serves as a community center and place of worship. A mandi is traditionally built on the banks of a yardna, or flowi ...

, a place of worship for followers of Mandaeism *

Manda (Mandaeism) In Mandaeism, manda () is the concept of gnosis or spiritual knowledge. Mandaeans stress salvation of the soul through secret knowledge (gnosis) of its divine origin. Mandaeism "provides knowledge of whence we have come and whither we are going." ...

, the concept of

gnosis Gnosis is the common Greek noun for knowledge ( γνῶσις, ''gnōsis'', f.). The term was used among various Hellenistic religions and philosophies in the Greco-Roman world. It is best known for its implication within Gnosticism, where ...

or spiritual knowledge in Mandaeism * Manda language (disambiguation), multiple languages * Manda (goddess), a Hindu deity

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