cl. 4. P. ([Dhātup. xxvi, 9]) nṛ́tyati (ep. also °te; pf. nanarta, nanṛtur, [MBh.]; aor. anartiṣur, [RV.]; -nṛtur [cf. ā-√ nṛt]; p. nṛtámāna [?] [ib.] [v, 33, 6]; fut. nartiṣyati, [MBh.] &c.; nartsyati and nartitā Gr.; inf. nartitum and narttum, [MBh.] &c.; ind.p. nartitvā, [ib.], -nartam, [Br.]), to dance, [RV.] &c. &c.; to act on the stage, represent (acc.), [Hariv.] &c.; to dance about (acc.), [R.] : Caus. nartáyati, °te, to cause to dance, [RV.] &c. &c.: Desid. ninṛtsati and ninartiṣati, [Pāṇ. vii, 2, 57] : Intens. narinartti or narīnartti, [Var.]; [Kāv.] ; narīnṛtyate, °ti, [Kāv.]; narnartti, narnṛtīti, narinṛtīti or narīnṛtīti Gr., to dance about or cause to dance about (cf. naṭ).
nṛ́t f. dancing, gesticulation, [AV.]