s. m, ypocrisy in religious matters; adoption of different disguises; craftiness; a brand, a burn:—ḍaṇch dhárná, v. n. To adopt different disguises: to be hypocrite, to show friendship externally while the heart is full of enmity:—ḍaṇbh deṉá, v. a. To burn, to brand, to light, to kindle, to inflame:—ḍaṇbh láuṉá, v. a. To burn, to brand; to kindle; to stigmatize; i. q. Ḍammh.