Sanskrit manuscript in Devanāgarī

nartaka नर्तक – dancer

adjective · substantive masculine · substantive neuter · Word type unspecified

Dictionary sources

AYI dictionary substantive masculine

dancer

Derived from

  1. nart नर्त् verbal root — dance; perform as an actor
  2. aka अक suffix — formative suffix -aka
Cappeller 1891 adjective

Original text · English · adjective

nartaka ·a. causing to dance; m. & f. ī dancer.

Monier-Williams 1872 substantive masculine · Word type unspecified

Original text · English · substantive masculine

Nartaka, as, m. a dancer, a player of any de- scription; an actor, gesticulator, mime, mummer; a bard, herald; an elephant; a peacock; a species of reed [cf. poṭagala]; (ī), f. a female dancer, actress, singing girl; a female elephant; a peahen; a kind of perfume (= nalikā; cf. naṭī); (as, ā, am, fr. the Caus.), causing to dance; (as), m. a dancing-master.

Original text · English · Word type unspecified

Nartaka; add — am, n. a kind of mythical weapon.

Petersburger 1855 substantive masculine · substantive neuter

Original text · German · substantive masculine

nártaka P. 3,1,145, Sch. VOP. 26,38. 1〉 von nart simpl. a〉 m. Tänzer, = naṭa H. an. 3,55. MED. k. 107. = kelaka (kevala in MED. wohl nur ein Druckfehler) H. an. = cāraṇa MED. Häufig in Verbindung mit naṭa MBH. 1,6940. fg. MBH. 1,6972. MBH. 2,1253. fg. MBH. 3,17364. fg. MBH. 13,2094. R. 1,12,7. R. 2,67,12. VARĀH. BṚH. S. 16,20. VARĀH. BṚH. S. 42 (43), 26. PAÑCAT. 43,3. BHĀG. P. 1,11,21. nṛtyapriyo nityanarto nartakaḥ sarvalālasaḥ (śivaḥ) MBH. 13,1164. aśvatthā nartakāścāsan R. 2,91,47. bhrakuṃsaśca bhrukuṃsaśca bhrūkuṃsaśceti nartakaḥ . srīveṣadhārī puruṣaḥ AK. 1,1,7,11. khaṅgadhārādinartaka TRIK. 1,1,125. nartakī́ f. Tänzerin Schol. zu P. 3,1,145 und P. 4,1,41. VOP. 26,38. AK. 1,1,7,8. AK. 3,4,18,114. H. an. MED. KAP. 3,69. SĀṂKHYAK. 59. RAGH. 19,14. RAGH. 19,19. BHĀG. P. 8,11,41. KIR. 10,41. bei Tempeln RĀJA-TAR. 4,36. RĀJA-TAR. 4,269. Vgl. dhūrtanartaka. — b〉 m. eine Art Rohr (s. poṭagala) H. an. MED. — c〉 m. Elephant H. an. f. ī Elephantenweibchen H. an. MED. — d〉 m. Pfau WILS. angeblich nach MED. f. ī Pfauhenne VIŚVA_bei_WILS. — e〉 f. nartakī ein best. Parfum (nalikā) RĀJAN._im_ŚKDR.; vgl. naṭī. — 2〉 vom caus. von nart a〉 adj. tanzen machend, in eine tanzende Bewegung versetzend: tarko vicāraḥ saṃdehādbhrūśiro'ṅgulinartakaḥ SĀH. D. 74,17. — 2〉 m. Tanzlehrer: bhavāmi devyā naradeva nartakaḥ MBH. 4,305. MBH. 4,570.

Original text · German · substantive neuter

nartaka 1〉a〉 KATHĀS. 74,36. nartakī KATHĀS. 41. BHĀR. NĀṬYAŚ. 34,35. BHĀG. P. 10,75,10. Z. 6 nartaka MBH. 13,1164 zieht NĪLAK. zu 2〉a〉. — 3〉 n. Bez. einer best. mythischen Waffe MBH. 5,3491. — Z. 2 vom Ende des Artikels ist b〉 st. 2〉 zu lesen.

Böhtlingk 1879 substantive masculine · substantive neuter

Original text · German · substantive masculine · substantive neuter

nartaka — 1〉 tanzen machend, in eine tanzende Bewegung versetzend. — 2〉 m. — a〉 Tänzer. — b〉 *Pfau. — c〉 *Elephant. — d〉 *eine Rohrart. — e〉 Tanzlehrer. — 3〉 f. ī — a〉 Tänzerin Chr. 253,1. Nom. abstr. ˚tva n. VIKRAMĀṄKAC. 10,57. — b〉 *Pfauhenne. — c〉 *Elephantenweibchen. — d〉 *ein best. Parfum RĀJAN. 12,163. — 4〉 n. eine best. mythische Waffe.

Apte 1890 substantive masculine

Original text · English · substantive masculine

nartakaḥ [nṛt-kartari ṣvun] 1 A dancer; sometimes a dancing preceptor. 2 An actor, mime, mummer. 3 A bard, herald. 4 An elephant. 5 A king. 6 A peacock. 7 An epithet of Śiva. 8 N. of a mixed tribe; ( veśyāyāṃ rajakājjāto nartako gāyako bhavet). — kī 1 A female dancer, a singing girl, an actress; raṃgasya darśayitvā nivartate nartakī yathā nṛtyāt Sān. K. 59; Ki. 10. 41; R. 19. 14, R. 19. 19. ([Page 0610-a]) 2 A female elephant. 3 A peahen.

Cappeller 1887 Word type unspecified

Original text · German · Word type unspecified

nartaka tanzen machend; m. Tänzer, f. ī Tänzerin.

Burnouf 1866 substantive masculine

Original text · French · substantive masculine

nartaka nartaka m. (nṛt; sfx. aka) danseur, [Page355-2] acteur, mime. Paon. Eléphant. Arundo karka, esp. de roseau. — F. nartakī danseuse, actrice. Paonne. Eléphant femelle.

Occurrences in source texts (1)

SS 1 occurrence
SS 3.9–3.11: The Self as Dancer 1 occurrence

Direct occurrences

  • SS 3.9 Segment 1

    Attested form: nartakaḥ Grammar of the segment: nominative singular

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