The Sanskrit "Kanda" is a word which has an uncertain etymology in the sense that the roots which form the word are vague but the word itself has a general meaning of that which is "fragmented" that which is "sectioned" and that which is "divided".

The Sanskrit "Kanda" is a word which has an uncertain etymology in the sense that the roots which form the word are vague but the word itself has a general meaning of that which is "fragmented" that which is "sectioned" and that which is "divided".

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An example of this is the Ramayana which is divided into "Kandas" or "chapters" such as the "Uttara Kanda" and the "Ayodhya Kanda" and we also have the Bhagavat Purana which has been divided into twelve "kandas" or "portions".

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"Kanda" also means "stalk" "branch" "reed" "cane" "bamboo" "stem" all of which are "divisions" and "portions" of a "tree" or a "plant" and we also have "bones" "time" and "joints" all of which are that which is "fragmented" that which is "portioned" and that which is "divided".

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"Kanda" is also the name for the plant known as the "sugar cane" which has long been cultivated throughout India who were the first to process the sugar from the sugar canes, a process which was then spread through Muslim and Arabian traders.

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India was also the source of the "sugar candy" condensed "lumps" and "fragments" of sugar cane juice, indeed the word "Candy" has its source in this very same "Kanda" meaning that which is "fragmented" that which is a "portion" and that which is "broken".

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"The Chinese were taught the art of making sugar from the cane by an Indian religious named "Tscow" during the years 766 and 780 of the Thang dynasty". The Persian "kand" and the Sanskrit "kanda" meaning sugar in a lump appears to be the origin of the word sugar candy". Ceylon: A General Description of the Island, Historical, Physical, Statistical.