नट्

{ naṭ }

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

नट्   ( प्राकृ. for नृत् q.v.) cl. 1. P. नटति ( [Dhātup. xix, 19; ix, 23])

to dance, [Kāv.];

to hurt or injure, [Vop.] ( cf. उन्-√ नट्) :

Caus. नाटयति ( [Dhātup. xxxii, 12]) to represent anything ( acc.) dramatically, act, perform, imitate, [Mṛcch.]; [Śak.] &c.;

to fall ( cf. √ नड्);

to shine, [Vop.]

The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

नट् [naṭ]   I. 1 P. (नटति, the न not changed to ण after प्र in the sense of 'hurting'.)
   To dance; यदि मनसा नटनीयम् [Gīt.4.]
   To act.
   To injure (by a deceptive trick).-Caus. (नाटयति-ते)
   To act, gesticulate, represent dramatically (in dramas); शरसंधानं नाटयति [Ś.1.] &c.
   To imitate, copy; स्फटिककटकभूमिर्नाटयत्येष शैलः ... अधिगतधवलिम्नः शूलपाणेरभिख्याम् [Śi.4.65.] (N. B. नट् forms नटयति in the sense of 'causing to dance'; नाट्येन केन नटयिष्यति दीर्घमायुः [Bh.3.126.] ) -II. 1. U. (नाटयति-ते)
   To drop or fall.
   To shine.
   To injure.