The corpus record — Pali
Nacca
neuter (pantomimic) dancing usually combined with singing (gīta, q.v.) & instrumental music (vādita) ■ 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 ; Dhp-a.iii.129 ; Vv-a.131 , Vv-a.135 ■ nacca-gīta-vādita (+ visūkadassana): Vin.i.83 ; DN
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neuter (pantomimic) dancing usually combined with singing (gīta, q.v.) & instrumental music (vādita)
■ 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; Dhp-a.iii.129; Vv-a.131, Vv-a.135
■ nacca-gīta-vādita (+ visūkadassana): Vin.i.83; DN.i.5, DN.i.6; Kp-a.36; cp Vv.81#10 (naccagīte suvādite).
Ved. nṛtya = Anglo-Ind. nautch, etym. uncertain, cp. naccati & naṭati
Pali text and translations from SuttaCentral (Bilara), dedicated to the public domain (CC0). PTS Pali–English Dictionary entries, public domain.