naw ( Prākṛ. for nft , q.v. ) cl. 1. P. nawati ( Dhātup. xix, 19 ; ix, 23 ) to dance, Kāv. ; to hurt or injure, Vop. ( cf. un-√ naw ) : Caus. nAwayati ( Dhātup. xxxii, 12 ) to represent anything ( acc. ) dramatically, act, perform, imitate, Mṛcch. ; Śak. &c.; to fall ( cf. √ naq ); to shine, Vop.
naw I. 1 P. ( nawati , the na not changed to Ra after pra in the sense of ‘hurting’) 1 To dance; yadi manasA nawanIyaM Gīt. 4. 2 To act. 3 To injure (by a deceptive trick). — Caus. ( nAwayati-te ) 1 To act, gesticulate, represent dramatically (in dramas); SarasaMDAnaM nAwayati Ś. 1. &c. 2 To imitate, copy; sPawikakawakaBUmirnAwayatyeza SElaH… aDigataDavalimnaH SUlapAReraBiKyAM Śi. 4. 65. ( N. B. naw forms nawayati in the sense of ‘causing to dance’; Bh. 3. 126 ). II. 10 U. ( nAwayati-te ) 1 To drop or fall. 2 To shine. 3 To injure.