The Sanskrit term Pranṛtta can be transliterated into English as Pranrtta or Pranritta, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Pranṛtta (प्रनृत्त).—a. Dancing.

-ttam A dance.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Pranṛtta (प्रनृत्त).—f.

(-ttā) Dancing. n.

(-ttaṃ) A dance.

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

1) Pranṛtta (प्रनृत्त):—[=pra-nṛtta] [from pra-nṛt] mfn. one who has begun to d°, dancing, [Mahābhārata; Rāmāyaṇa; Kathāsaritsāgara]

2) [v.s. ...] n. a dance, [Mārkaṇḍeya-purāṇa]

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

Pranṛtta (प्रनृत्त) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Paṇaccia.

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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: Nritta, Pra.

Starts with: Pranrittavat.

Ends with: Sampranritta, Supranritta.

Full-text: Panaccia, Pranritya, Pranrittavat, Sampranritta, Supranritta, Pravritta, Nart, Nrit.

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