10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DHURNA»
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dhurna in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
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The regulations of the Bengal code in force in September 1862
REGULATION V. A REGULATION for preventing the Offence of Dhurna in the
Provinces of Bengal, Bthar, and the Company's Territories in Orissa. — Passed
by the Vice-President in Council, on the 24M March, 1797. The practice of sitting
...
:SO'. Account. of. the. Dhurna. and. the. Tragga. . ing up for the rights of his
sacred order and the honour of his god i he therefore demanded money for the
expenses of the funeral, and for a feast to placate the deity, offended by this
impiety ...
3
Papers Relating to East India Affairs: Viz. Regulations ...
A REGULATION for altering the punishment and form of trial, in cases of Dhurna:
— Passed by the Governor General in Council, on the 8th December 1820 ;
corresponding with the 24th Ughun 1227 Bengal era; the 18th Ughun 1228 Fusly
; ...
4
Gandhi: 'Hind Swaraj' and Other Writings
191 The reference here is to the traditional practice of dhurna. Joseph Doke's
biography of Gandhi gives the following accounts of dhurna. 'The idea of passive
resistance as a means of opposing evil is inherent in Indian philosophy. In old
time ...
Mahatma Gandhi, Anthony J. Parel, 1997
5
Narrative of a Journey Through the Upper Provinces of India, ...
286 ' SITTING DHURNA. and which they had done their utmost to prevent or
avenge. « This prevailed, and after much bitter weeping, it was resolved that
Ganges was Ganges still, that a succession of costly offerings from the laity of
Benares ...
6
Asiatick Researches: Or, Transactions of the Society ...
Having lately received some further documents on the subject of the Dhurna,
which I did not possess when the preceding paper was read to the Society, I have
extracted from them what appears to me requisite to elucidate this extraordinary ...
7
Narrative of a Journey Through the Upper Provinces of India, ...
SITTING DHURNA. 279 they saw them, but reasoned with them on the absurdity
of punishing themselves for an act in which they had no share, and which they
had done their utmost to prevent or avenge. This prevailed, and after much bitter
...
8
Asiatick Researches, Or, Transactions of the Society ...
*• Any one who fits Dhurna on another's door, or in his house for the realization of
a debt, or for other purpose, in which the party sitting takes with him some
weapon or poison, and sits down ; nor does he eat himself, nor allow the party
against ...
9
Asiatic researches; or, Transactions of the Society, ...
Any one who sits Dhurna on another's door, or in his house, for the realization of
a debt, or for other purpose, in which the party sitting takes with him some
weapon or poison, and sits down ; nor does he eat himself, nor allow the party
against ...
Asiatic Society of Bengal, 1807
10
Christian Herald and Seaman's Magazine
20 Account of the Dhurna and the Tragga. ing up for the rights of his sacred order
and the honour of his god ; he therefore demanded money for the expenses of
the funeral, and for a feast to placate the deity, offended by this impiety ; and till ...
John Edwards Caldwell, 1817
NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DHURNA»
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dhurna is used in the context of the following news items.
Historic move: Hisar khap agrees to climb down on gotra, caste …
... of 36 communities and 42 villages, prominent among them being Bans, Petwar, Chulana, Jmawari, Kumba, Dhurna and Khanda Kheri. «Chandigarh Tribune, Apr 14»
