s. m, crook, a bend, a twist; bal dár, a. Crooked, bent, twisted:—bal deṉá, v. a. To twist, wind:—baḷ kháná, v. n. To coil (as a serpent); to be vexed, to turn or twist with vexation or rage; to make a circuit; i. q. Val; strength, power; a sacrifice, an offering:—bal bakkrá, s. f. A goat that has been offered to a Deví, or that is set apart to be sacrificed:—bal bal jáṉá, v. n. To be sacrificed or devoted to the interests of anyone:—bal bhakkh, s. m., f. An offering, that which has been offered, a devoted thing; that which is good-for-nothing; one who eats what has been offered to a divinity, (it being supposed that he does so at his peril):—bal chhal, s. m. Force and fraud; artifice, trick:—bal dáṉ, s. m. The act of sacrificing a victim, an offering:—bal súrá, a. Very powerful, very strong:—bal mán, bal wán, balwaṇt, a. Strong, powerful, mighty.