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Definition of Dharna
1. Noun. A debt collector in India who sits on the doorstep of a debtor until the debt is paid. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Dharna
1. a form of protest in India [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dharna
| dg dhaincha dhaki dhakis dhaks dhal dhals dhamma dhammas dhampir | dhampirs dharma dharmas dharmic dharna (current term) dharnas dhava dhawa dhikr dhikrs | dhimma dhimmi dhimmis dhindo dhobi dhobi itch dhobie itch |
Literary usage of Dharna
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The History of India from the Earliest Ages by James Talboys Wheeler (1869)
"Bharata threatened that he would sit in dharna against Rama; a Brahmanical
proceeding which in former days was a frequent source of oppression, ..."
2. The Cyclopædia of India and of Eastern and Southern Asia: Commercial by Edward Balfour (1885)
"He there sits down in dharna, with poison or a poniard, or some other instrument
of suicide in his hand, and, threatening to use it if his adversary should ..."
3. The Canada Law Journal by William S. Hein & Company (1891)
"dharna means detention or arrest. The semi-divine legislator of India, Manu, who
wrote a lawbook in verse, somewhere between 1280 BC and 400 AD— the learned ..."
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