The Sanskrit term Pranṛt can be transliterated into English as Pranrt or Pranrit, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Pranṛt (प्रनृत्).—4 P. To dance. -Caus. To shake, cause to dance, set in motion.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Pranṛt (प्रनृत्).—dance (forwards), begin to dance.

Pranṛt is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms pra and nṛt (नृत्).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Pranṛt (प्रनृत्):—[=pra-√nṛt] [Parasmaipada] [Ātmanepada] -nṛtyati, te, to dance forwards, begin to d°, d°, [Atharva-veda; Mahābhārata; Rāmāyaṇa] etc.;

—to gesticulate as in dancing (in token of derision) before any one ([accusative]), [Mahābhārata] :

—[Causal] -nartayati, to cause to dance, [Kathāsaritsāgara];—idem met, [Kādambarī]

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

Pranṛt (प्रनृत्) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Paṇacca.

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

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Partial matches: Nrit, Pra.

Starts with: Pranritta, Pranrittavat, Pranrittita, Pranritya, Pranrityavant, Pranrityavat.

Full-text: Pranrityavat, Pranritya, Pranrittavat, Panacca, Pranartita, Pranritta.

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