dancing; acting.

… ■ nacca: AN.i.261; DN.iii.183; Ja.i.61 Ja.i.207; DN-a.i.77; Pv-a.231
■ nacca-gīta: Ja.i.61; Pv.iv.7#2;…

Kapinaccanā may have been a name for the cemetery near Vesāli where Kappitaka lived. Vin.iv.306

near Vesāli3park

singing and dancing.

, ~ī, feminine dancer, actor.

dances; acts on stage.

of naccati

of naccati

dancing; dancing before.

adjective = accasara 1., aspiring too high Snp.8 sq. (yo nâccasārī, opp. to na paccasārī; expl^d. at Snp-a.21 by yo nâtidhāvi, opp. na ohiyyi).

adjective not taking delight in Ja.i.61 (naccâdisu).

an + abhirata

…Vin.iii.119; Vv.38#2 (˚ehi naccamāna); Pv.ii.12#10, Pv.ii.12#13, Pv.ii.12#18 (sunakho te khādati) 2. (fig.) a constituent part of a whole or…

singing Vv-a.315 (naccana +).

…to recite, often comb w. naccati to dance; ppr. gāyanto, gāyamāna & gīyamāna (Vin.i.38); imper. gāhi (Ja.iii.507); fut….

…Usually combined with nacca, dancing: AN.i.261; Vv.81#10 as naca gītādi Ja.i.61; Vv-a.131; referring to nacca-gīta-vādita, dancing…

…= Ja.iii.525;

• -naccanā Npl., Pv.iv.1#37;
• -niddā “monkey-sleep,” dozing Mil.300.

Sk. kapi, original…

…(with vādeti, gāyati, naccati).

represents las to gleam, shine; sport, play; as well as laṣ to desire, long for. Cp. Lat. lascivus;…

…= Dhp-a.i.144; Ja.iv.211 (˚nacca); Ja.v.304; Ja.vi.172, Ja.vi.272, Ja.vi.483; Vv.11#1, Vv.35#8 (= sikhaṇḍin Vv-a.163); Vv-a.27…

…with naṭaka,…

dance, dancing Vv-a.282, Vv-a.315.

Ved. *nṛtyana, cp. naṭana

…(so read for nacch˚).

Ved. nṛtyati nṛt, cp. nacca & naṭati

…naṭa dial. ṭ, cp. Prk. naḍa, of nṛt, see naccati

to dance, play Vv-a.210 (= naccati).

Sk. naṭati, of nṛt, with dial. ṭ, cp. naccati

…Ja.i.59 (?), Ja.ii.395.

Sk. nāṭaka; see naccati

to dance (forth), to dance Thag-a.257 (ppr. panaccanta)
pp panaccita (q.v.).

pa + naccati

dancing, made to dance Thig.390.

pp. of panaccati

dancing (-party) Vin.ii.267.

sa³ + nacca

…at the wrong hour; (7) nacca-gītavādita-visūka-dassanā˚; to avoid worldly amusements (8)…

to perform a dance DN.ii.268.

upa + naccati

…of exertion“ i.e. ardently, keenly, eagerly SN.i.170 (naccati).

adj. of ussoḷhi