Nrit, ṛt: 9 definitions
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Nrit means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
The Sanskrit term ṛt can be transliterated into English as Nrt or Nrit, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
: Google Books: Cultural History from the Vyu PurnaPṇini, in his comments upon the root ṛt—to dance—mentions two persons named Śillin and Kṛśśvin as the authors of two sets of sūtras on dancing.

The Purana (पुरा�, purṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryṛt (नृत्).�4 P. (ṛtⲹپ, praṇṛtyati, ṛtٲ)
1) To dance, move about; नृत्यत� युवतिजने� सम� सख� (ṛtⲹپ yuvatijanena sama� sakhi) Gītagovinda 1; लोलोर्मौ पयसि महोत्पलं ननर्� (lolormau payasi mahotpala� nanarta) Śiśuplavadha 8.23; Bhaṭṭikvya 3.43.
2) To act on the stage.
3) To gesticulate, play. -Caus. (nartayati-te)
1) To cause to dance; त्वमाश� मोघाशे किमपरमतो नर्तयस� माम् (tvamśe moghśe kimaparamato nartayasi mm) ṛh 3.6; तालै� शिञ्जावलयसुभगैर्नर्तित� कान्तय� मे (tlai� śiñjvalayasubhagairnartita� kntay me) Meghadūta 81; Uttararmacarita 3.19.
2) To cause to move. -With � () (caus.)
1) to cause to dance.
2) to cause to dance or move quickly, shake; मरुद्भिरानर्तितनक्तमाल� (marudbhirnartitanaktamle) R.5.42; मा मा मुञ्� शठेत� कोपवचन�- रानर्तितभ्रूलत� (m m muñca śaṭheti kopavacanai- rnartitabhrūlat) Amaruśataka 36; Ṛtusaṃhra 3.1.
-° to dance &c.
-پ° to ridicule by dancing in return.
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ṛt (नृत्).�f. Ved. Dancing.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionaryṛt (नृत्).—[(ī) ṛtī] r. 4th cl. (ṛtⲹپ) To dance, to dance as an actor, to gesticulate, to act. div0 pa0 aka0 se� .
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionaryṛt (नृत्).—i. 4, [Parasmaipada.] (in poetry also [Ātmanepada.], Mahbhrata 7, 2913), 1. To dance, [Mnavadharmaśstra] 4, 64. 2. To represent, (as actor), [Harivaṃśa, (ed. Calc.)] 8496. Ptcple. of the pf. pass. ṛtٲ, n. Dancing, [Kathsaritsgara, (ed. Brockhaus.)] 9, 40. Ptcple. of the fut. pass. ṛtⲹ, n. Dancing, acting, [Meghadūta, (ed. Gildemeister.)] 37. [Causal.] nartaya, To cause to dance. Mahbhrata 4, 307. Ptcple. of the pf. pass. nartita, n. Dancing, 7, 177. Frequent. Բīṛt and narīṛtⲹ, To dance to and fro, [Lassen, Anthologia Sanskritica.] 84, 9; 67, 7.
� With the prep. anu anu, 1. To dance after (acc.), [Rmyaṇa] 3, 79, 15. 2. To dance before somebody (acc.), Mahbhrata 9, 2468.
� With , [Causal.] To cause to move softly, [Amaruśataka, (ed. Calcutt.)] 32.
� With upa upa, 1. To dance before somebody (acc.), [Rmyaṇa] 6 92, 71. 2. To mock somebody by dancing before him (acc.), Mahbhrata 9, 3315. Ptcple. of the fut. pass. upaṛtⲹ, used to be danced in, [Rmyaṇa] 3, 6, 3.
� With pari pari, To dance round somebody (acc.), Mahbhrata 2, 2532.
� With pra pra, 1. To dance forward, [Rmyaṇa] 1, 45, 26 Gorr. 2. To begin to dance, Mahbhrata 3, 6087 (read praṛtٲvn). 3. To dance, [Ṛtusaṃhra] 2, 14. 4. To mock somebody by dancing before him (acc.), Mahbhrata 8, 4250. praṛtٲ, Having begun to dance, dancing, Mahbhrata 3, 1844.
� With saṃpra sam-pra, To begin to dance, 3, 6093.
� With prati prati, To mock somebody in one’s turn by dancing, (acc.), 8, 4251.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionaryṛt (नृत्).�1. ṛtⲹپ (ṛtⲹte) [participle] ṛtٲ dance; play, act, represent ([drama]). [Causative] nartayati (te) cause to dance or to move to and fro. [Intensive] narinartti, narīnartti, narīṛtⲹپ, te (cause to) dance about or to and fro.
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ṛt (नृत्).�2. [feminine] gesture, gesticulation.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) ṛt (नृत्):�1. ṛt [class] 4. [Parasmaipada] ([Dhtupṭha xxvi, 9]) ṛtⲹپ ([Epic] also te; [perfect tense] nanarta, naṛtur, [Mahbhrata]; [Aorist] Բپṣu, [Ṛg-veda]; -ṛtur cf. -√ṛt; p. ṛtamna [?] [ib. v, 33, 6]; [future] Բپṣyپ, [Mahbhrata] etc.; nartsyati and nartit [grammar]; [infinitive mood] nartitum and narttum, [Mahbhrata] etc.; [indeclinable participle] nartitv, [ib.], -nartam, [Brhmaṇa]),
—to dance, [Ṛg-veda] etc. etc.;
—to act on the stage, represent ([accusative]), [Harivaṃśa] etc.;
—to dance about ([accusative]), [Rmyaṇa] :—[Causal] nartayati, te, to cause to dance, [Ṛg-veda] etc. etc.:—[Desiderative] niṛtsati and ԾԲپṣaپ, [Pṇini 7-2, 57] :—[Intensive] narInartti, [Varha-mihira; Kvya literature] ;�narīṛtⲹte, ti, [Kvya literature];
� narnartti, narṛtīti, narInftIti [grammar], to dance about or cause to dance about (cf. Բ�).
2) 2. ṛt f. dancing, gesticulation, [Atharva-veda]
: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)ṛt (नृत्) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Ṇa.
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