dharna
/dahr-nuh, duhr-/US // ˈdɑr nə, ˈdʌr- //UK // (ˈdʌnə, ˈdɑː-) //
纠察队,叨扰,叨叨会,纠缠不休
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
- : the practice of exacting justice or compliance with a just demand by sitting and fasting at the doorstep of an offender until death or until the demand is granted.
Examples
The word dharna means ‘to place or lay on,’ and hence ‘a pledge.’
Another custom known as dharna is that of a suppliant placing a stone on the shrine of a god or tomb of a saint.
If a woman greatly desires a child she will go to a shrine and lay a stone on it which she calls the dharna or deposit or pledge.
An Indian custom of Dharna is of similar significance, though less violent.
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