nṛt नृत् – Ved. dancing, gesticulation, gesture.
verbal root · substantive feminine · verb
Dictionary sources
Cappeller 1891 substantive feminine · verb
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nṛt nṛ́tyati (nṛ́tya°te) ·v pp. nṛttá1 dance; play, act, represent (d.). C. nartáyati (°te) cause to dance or to move to and fro. I. narinartti, narīnartti, narīnṛtyati, nṛ́tyati (°te), pp. nṛttá1 dance; play, act, represent (d.). C. nartáyati (°te) cause to dance or to move to and fro. I. narinartti, narīnartti, narīnṛtya°te (cause to) dance about or to and fro. --anu dance after or before (acc.). ā dance or hasten near. C. cause to dance or move gently. upa dance before (acc.). pari dance about (acc.). pra dance (forwards), begin to dance. sam dance together.
Original text · English · substantive feminine
nṛ́t2 ·f. gesture, gesticulation.
Monier-Williams 1872 substantive feminine · verb
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2. nṛt, t, f., Ved. dancing, gesticulation, gesture.
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nṛt 1 . nṛt, cl. 4. P. nṛtyati (ep. also -te), nanarta, nartsyati and nartiṣyati, anartīt, nartitum, to dance; to act on the stage; represent (as an actor), gesticulate, play: Caus. nar- tayati, -yitum, to cause to dance: Desid. ninṛt- sati and ninartiṣati: Intens. narnartti, nar- nṛtīti, narinartti, narinṛtīti, narīnartti, narī- nṛtīti, narīnṛtyate, to dance about, dance with vehement gesticulations; (P.) to cause to dance about or to and fro.
Petersburger 1855 substantive feminine
Original text · German · substantive feminine
nṛ́t (= nart) f. Gebärde: ko bā̱ṇaṃ ko nṛtò dadhau (puruṣe) AV. 10,2,17.
Böhtlingk 1879 substantive feminine
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nṛ́t f. Gebärde.
Whitney Roots 1885 verbal root
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nṛt — dance
Apte 1890 verbal root
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nṛt 4 P. (nṛtyati, praṇṛtyati, nṛtta) 1 To dance, move about; nṛtyati yuvatijanena samaṃ sakhi Gīt. 1; lolormau payasi mahotpalaṃ nanarta Śi. 8. 23; Bk. 3. 43. 2 To act on the stage. 3 To gesticulate, play. — Caus. (nartayati-te) 1 To cause to dance; tvamāśe moghāśe kimaparamato nartayasi māṃ Bh. 3. 6; tālaiḥ śiṃjāvalayasubhagairnartitaḥ kāṃtayā me Me. 79, U. 3. 19. 2 To cause to move. -WITH ā (caus.) 1 to cause to dance. 2 to cause to dance or move quickly, shake; marudbhirānartitanaktamāle R. 5. 42; Amaru. 32; Rs. 3. 10. — pra to dance &c. — prati to ridicule by dancing in return.
Cappeller 1887 substantive feminine
Original text · German · substantive feminine
nṛt f. Gebärde.
Burnouf 1866 verbal root
Original text · French · verbal root
*nṛt nṛt. nṛtyāmi 4 [qqf. nṛtye]; p. nanarta; f2. nartsyāmi et nartiṣyāmi; a1. anarliṣam; pp. nṛtta. Se balancer; danser.
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