𑀡𑀘𑁆𑀘𑀇

Prakrit

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit 𑀦𑀾𑀢𑁆𑀬𑀢𑀺 (nṛ́tyati). Cognate with Pali naccati.

Verb

𑀡𑀘𑁆𑀘𑀇 (ṇaccaï) (Devanagari णच्चइ, Kannada ಣಚ್ಚಇ) (intransitive) (Maharastri, Jain Maharastri)

  1. to dance
    • c. 200 CE – 600 CE, Hāla, Gāhā Sattasaī 38:
      𑀚𑀳-𑀚𑀳 𑀯𑀸𑀏𑀇 𑀧𑀺𑀑 𑀢𑀳-𑀢𑀳 𑀡𑀘𑁆𑀘𑀸𑀫𑀺 𑀘𑀁𑀘𑀮𑁂 𑀧𑁂𑀫𑁆𑀫𑁂
      𑀯𑀮𑁆𑀮𑀻 𑀯𑀮𑁂𑀇 𑀅𑀁𑀕𑀁 𑀲𑀳𑀸𑀯𑀣𑀤𑁆𑀥𑁂-𑀯𑀺 𑀭𑀼𑀓𑁆𑀔𑀁𑀫𑀺
      jaha-jaha vāei pio taha-taha ṇaccāmi caṃcale pĕmme
      vallī valei aṃgaṃ sahāvathaddhe-vi rukkhaṃmi
      • 2009 translation by Peter Khoroche and Herman Tieken
        Since love is fickle, I dance to my lover’s tune.
        A creeper twines itself around the unbending tree.
    • c. 700 CE, Anonymous, Maṇipati-Carita 863:
      𑀆𑀭𑀽𑀠𑀸 𑀪𑀸𑀲𑀁𑀢𑁂 𑀚𑀸𑀡𑀲𑀺 𑀓𑀺𑀁 𑀦𑀘𑁆𑀘𑀺𑀉𑀁 𑀢𑀼𑀫𑀁 𑀲𑀸𑀳𑀽
      𑀪𑀡𑀺𑀬𑀁 𑀢𑁂𑀡-𑀯𑀺 𑀚𑀸𑀡𑀸𑀫𑀺 𑀤𑁄-𑀯𑀺 𑀯𑀸𑀏𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀳-𑀬 𑀢𑀼𑀚𑁆𑀛𑁂
      ārūḍhā bhāsaṃte jāṇasi kiṃ nacciuṃ tumaṃ sāhū
      bhaṇiyaṃ teṇa-vi jāṇāmi do-vi vāĕjjaha-ya tujjhe
      • 1959 translation by Robert Hamilton Blair Williams
        As they went up they said: 'Do you know how to dance, sadhu?'
        He replied: 'I do, you both play for me.’

Descendants

References

  • Sheth, Hargovind Das T[rikamcand] (1923-1928) “णच्च”, in पाइअ-सद्द-महण्णवो [Pāia-Sadda-Mahaṇṇavo; lit. Ocean of Prakrit words] (in Hindi), Calcutta: [Published by the Author], page 379.
  • Otto von Böhtlingk (1877) “णच्चइ”, in Sanskrit-Chrestomathie (chapter “Prakrit-Index”) (in German), St. Petersburg: Eggers & Co., →OCLC, page णच्चसि of 372
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  • E.B. Cowell (1868) The Prákṛit Prakáśa, London: Trübner & Co., page 170
  • Sir George Abraham Grierson (1924) “The Prakrit Dhātv-ādēśas: According to the Western and the Eastern Schools of Prakrit Grammarians.”, in Memoirs of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, volume VIII, number 2, Calcutta, page 137.
  • Pischel, Richard, Jha, Subhadra (contributor) (1957) Comparative Grammar of the Prakrit Languages, Varanasi: Motilal Banarasidass, pages 197, 349, 408.
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