گڙنتهہ gaṛanth H s m. 1. Name of a game, tip- cat. 2. A mode of incantation performed for the destruction of any person (māraṇ), to se- cure his affection (mohan), to subject him to obedience (basīkaraṇ), to imprison him or de- prive him of the power of action or speech (stambhan), to drive him away (uchchāṭan), or to call him (ākarsh̤an). Certain words are pronounced over an effigy of the person, or his name in writing, which is afterwards buried.