ṚV, 1, 51, 3.2 sasena cid vimadāyāvaho vasv ājāv adriṃ vāvasānasya nartayan //

MBh, 4, 10, 10.2 dadāmi te hanta varaṃ bṛhannaḍe sutāṃ ca me nartaya yāśca tādṛśīḥ /

MBh, 4, 23, 17.3 rājñaḥ kanyā virāṭasya nartayānaṃ mahābhujam //

BKŚS, 5, 37.2 gāyantyaḥ kuṭṭitatalā nartayante tilottamām //

BKŚS, 10, 272.2 yasya yā kuśalā śiṣyā sa nartayatu tām iti //

BKŚS, 11, 38.2 tvayā nartayatā kāntā kim iyaṃ sukham āsitā //

BKŚS, 14, 70.2 vicitrair nartito mārgais tayā kuṭṭitatālayā //

BKŚS, 15, 23.2 yayā hastatale bhartā gurudhairyo 'pi nartitaḥ //

Harṣacarita, 1, 153.1 dadhīcas tu navāmbhobharagabhīrāmbhodharadhvānanibhayā bhāratyā nartayan vanalatābhavanabhājo bhujaṅgabhujaḥ sudhīramuvāca ārya kariṣyati prasādam āryārādhyamānā //

Harṣacarita, 2, 66.1 nivartitasnānāśanavyatikaro viśrāntaśca mekhalakena saha yāmamātrāvaśeṣe divase bhuktavati bhūbhuji prakhyātānāṃ kṣitibhujāṃ bahūñchibirasaṃniveśān vīkṣamāṇaḥ śanaiḥ śanaiḥ paṭṭabandhārthamupasthāpitaiśca ḍiṇḍimādhirohaṇāyāhṛtaiścābhinavabaddhaiśca vikṣepopārjitaiśca kauśalikāgataiśca prathamadarśanakutūhalopanītaiśca nāgavīthīpālapreṣitaiśca pallīparivṛḍhaḍhaukitaiśca svecchāyuddhakrīḍākautukākāritaiś ca dūtasaṃpreṣaṇapreṣitaiśca dīyamānaiś cāchidyamānaiś ca mucyamānaiś ca yāmasthāpitaiś ca sarvadvīpavijigīṣayā giribhiriva sāgarasetubandhanārtham ekīkṛtair dhvajapaṭapaṭupaṭahaśaṅkhacāmarāṅgarāgaramaṇīyaiḥ puṣyābhiṣekadivasairiva kalpitairvāraṇendraiḥ śyāmāyamānam anavaratacalitakhurapuṭaprahatamṛdaṅgaiś ca nartayadbhir iva rājalakṣmīm upahasadbhir iva sṛkkapuṭaprasṛtaphenāṭṭahāsena javajaḍajaṅghāṃ hariṇajātimākārayadbhiriva saṃghaṭṭahetor harṣaheṣitenoccair uccaiḥśravasam utpatadbhir iva divasakararathaturagaruṣā pakṣāyamāṇamaṇḍanacāmaramālair gaganatalaṃ turaṅgais taraṅgāyamāṇam anyatra preṣitaiśca preṣyamāṇaiśca preṣitapratinivṛttaiś ca bahuyojanagamanagaṇanasaṃkhyākṣarāvalībhir iva varāṭikāvalībhir ghaṭitamukhamaṇḍanakais tārakitair iva saṃdhyātapacchedair aruṇacāmarikāracitakarṇapūraiḥ saraktotpalair iva raktaśāliśāleyair anavaratajhaṇajhaṇāyamānacārucāmīkaraghurughurukamālikair jaratkarañjavanair iva raṇitaśuṣkabījakośīśataiḥ śravaṇopāntapreṅkhatpañcarāgavarṇorṇācitrasūtrajūṭajaṭājālaiḥ kapikapolakapilaiḥ kramelakakulaiḥ kapilāyamānam anyatra śarajjaladharairiva sadyaḥsrutapayaḥpaṭaladhavalatanubhiḥ kalpapādapairiva muktāphalajālakajāyamānālokaluptachāyāmaṇḍalair nārāyaṇanābhipuṇḍarīkair ivāśliṣṭagaruḍapakṣaiḥ kṣīrododdeśairiva dyotamānavikaṭavidrumadaṇḍaiḥ śeṣaphaṇāphalakair ivoparisphuratsphītamāṇikyakhaṇḍaiḥ śvetagaṅgāpulinairiva rājahaṃsopasevitairabhibhavadbhiriva nidāghasamayamupahasadbhiriva vivasvataḥ pratāpamāpibadbhirivātapaṃ candralokamayamiva jīvalokaṃ janayadbhiḥ kumudamayamiva kālaṃ kurvadbhir jyotsnāmayam iva vāsaraṃ viracayadbhiḥ phenamayīmiva divaṃ darśayadbhir akālakaumudīsahasrāṇīva sṛjadbhir upahasadbhir iva śātakratavīṃ śriyaṃ śvetāyamānair ātapatrakhaṇḍaiḥ śvetadvīpāyamānam kṣaṇadṛṣṭanaṣṭāṣṭadiṅmukhaṃ ca muṣṇadbhiriva bhuvanamākṣepotkṣepadolāyitaṃ dinaṃ gatāgatānīva kārayadbhirutsārayadbhiriva kunṛpatisamparkakalaṅkakālīṃ kāleyīṃ sthitiṃ vikacaviśadakāśavanapāṇḍuradaśadiśaṃ śaratsamayam ivopapādayadbhir bisatantumayam ivāntarikṣam āvirbhāvayadbhiḥ śaśikararucīnāṃ calatāṃ cāmarāṇāṃ sahasrair dolāyamānam api ca haṃsayūthāyamānaṃ karikarṇaśaṅkhaiḥ kalpalatāvanāyamānaṃ kadalikābhiḥ māṇikyavṛkṣakavanāyamānaṃ māyūrātapatraiḥ mandākinīpravāhāyamāṇam aṃśukaiḥ kṣīrodāyamānaṃ kṣaumaiḥ kadalīvanāyamānaṃ marakatamayūkhaiḥ janyamānānyadivasamiva padmarāgabālātapaiḥ utpadyamānāparāmbaram ivendranīlaprabhāpaṭalaiḥ ārabhyamāṇāpūrvaniśam iva mahānīlamayūkhāndhakāraiḥ syandamānānekakālindīsahasram iva gāruḍamaṇiprabhāpratānaiḥ aṅgārakitamiva puṣparāgaraśmibhiḥ kaiścit praveśam alabhamānair adhomukhaiś caraṇanakhapatitavadanapratibimbanibhena lajjayā svāṅgānīva viśadbhiḥ kaiścid aṅgulīlikhitāyāḥ kṣiter vikīryamāṇakaranakhakiraṇakadambavyājena sevācāmarāṇīvārpayadbhiḥ kaiścid uraḥsthaladolāyamānendranīlataralaprabhāpaṭṭaiḥ svāmikopapraśamanāya kaṇṭhabaddhakṛpāṇapaṭṭairiva kaiścid ucchvāsasaurabhabhrāmyadbhramarapaṭalāndhakāritamukhair apahṛtalakṣmīśokadhṛtalambaśmaśrubhir ivānyaiḥ śekharoḍḍīyamānamadhupamaṇḍalaiḥ praṇāmaviḍambanābhayapalāyamānamaulibhiriva nirjitairapi susaṃmānitair ivānanyaśaraṇair antarāntarā niṣpatatāṃ praviśatāṃ cāntarapratīhārāṇām anumārgapradhāvitānekārthijanasahasrāṇām anuyāyinaḥ puruṣān aśrāntaiḥ punaḥ punaḥ pṛcchadbhiḥ bhadrādya bhaviṣyati bhuktvā sthāne dāsyati darśanaṃ parameśvaraḥ niṣpatiṣyati vā bāhyāṃ kakṣām iti darśanāśayā divasaṃ nayadbhirbhujanirjitaiḥ śatrumahāsāmantaiḥ samantādāsevyamānam anyaiś ca pratāpānurāgāgatair nānādeśajair mahāmahīpālaiḥ pratipālayadbhir narapatidarśanakālam adhyāsyamānam ekāntopaviṣṭaiśca jainair ārhataiḥ pāśupataiḥ pārāśaribhirvarṇibhiḥ sarvadeśajanmabhiś ca janapadaiḥ sarvāmbhodhivelāvanavalayavāsibhiś ca mlecchajātibhiḥ sarvadeśāntarāgataiś ca dūtamaṇḍalairupāsyamānam sarvaprajānirmāṇabhūmimiva prajāpatīnāṃ lokatrayasāroccayaracitaṃ caturthamiva lokam mahābhārataśatair apy akathanīyasamṛddhisaṃbhāram kṛtayugasahasrairiva kalpitasaṃniveśaṃ svargārbudair iva vihitarāmaṇīyakam rājalakṣmīkoṭibhir iva kṛtaparigrahaṃ rājadvāramagamat //

Harṣacarita, 4, 114.1 śanaiḥ śanair vyajṛmbhata ca kvacin nṛttānucitacirantanaśālīnakulaputrakalokalāsyaprathitapārthivānurāgaḥ kvacid antaḥsmitakṣitipālāpekṣitakṣībakṣudradāsīsamākṛṣyamāṇarājavallabhaḥ kvacin mattakaṭakakuṭṭanīkaṇṭhalagnavṛddhāryasāmantanṛttanirbharahasitanarapatiḥ kvacit kṣitipākṣisaṃjñādiṣṭaduṣṭadāserakagītasūcyamānasacivacauryarataprapañcaḥ kvacin madotkaṭakuṭahārikāpariṣvajyamānajaratpravrajitajanitajanahāsaḥ kvacid anyonyanirbharaspardhoddhuraviṭakaceṭakārabdhāvācyavacanayuddhaḥ kvacin nṛpābalābalātkārakṛṣṭanartyamānanṛttānabhijñāntaḥpurapālabhāvitabhujiṣyaḥ saparvata iva kusumarāśibhiḥ sadhārāgṛha iva sīdhuprapābhiḥ sanandanavana iva pārijātakāmodaiḥ sanīhāra iva karpūrareṇubhiḥ sāṭṭahāsa iva paṭaharavaiḥ sāmṛtamathana iva mahākalakalaiḥ sāvarta iva rāsakamaṇḍalaiḥ saromāñca iva bhūṣaṇamaṇikiraṇaiḥ sapaṭṭabandha iva candanalalāṭikābhiḥ saprasava iva pratiśabdakaiḥ sapraroha iva prasādadānair utsavāmodaḥ //

Harṣacarita, 4, 122.1 sthānasthāneṣu ca mandamandam āsphālyamānāliṅgyakena śiñjānamañjuveṇunā jhaṇajhaṇāyamānajhallarīkeṇa tāḍyamānatantrīpaṭahikena vādyamānānuttānālābuvīṇena kalakāṃsyakośīkvaṇitakāhalena samakāladīyamānānuttālatālikenātodyavādyenānugamyamānāḥ pade pade jhaṇajhaṇitabhūṣaṇaravair api sahṛdayair ivānuvartamānatālalayāḥ kokilā iva madakalakākalīkomalālāpinyaḥ viṭānāṃ karṇāmṛtāny aślīlarāsakapadāni gāyantyaḥ samuṇḍamālikāḥ sakarṇapallavāḥ sacandanatilakāḥ samucchritābhir valayāvalīvācālābhir bāhulatikābhiḥ savitāram ivāliṅgayantyaḥ kuṅkumapramṛṣṭirucirakāyāḥ kāśmīrakiśorya iva valgantyaḥ nitambabimbalambivikaṭakuraṇṭakaśekharāḥ pradīptā iva rāgāgninā sindūracchaṭācchuritamukhamudrāḥ śāsanapaṭṭapaṅktaya ivāpratihataśāsanasya kaṃdarpasya muṣṭiprakīryamāṇakarpūrapaṭavāsapāṃsulā manorathasaṃcaraṇarathyā iva yauvanasya uddāmakusumadāmatāḍitataruṇajanāḥ pratīhārya iva taruṇamahotsavasya pracalatpatrakuṇḍalā lasantyo latā iva madanacandanadrumasya lalitapadahaṃsakaravamukharāḥ samullasantyo vīcaya iva śṛṅgārarasasāgarasya vācyāvācyavivekaśūnyā bālakrīḍā iva saubhāgyasya ghanapaṭaharavotkaṇṭakitagātrayaṣṭayaḥ ketakya iva kusumadhūlim udgirantyaḥ kamalinya iva divasam utphullānanāḥ kumudinya iva rātrāv anupajātanidrāḥ āviṣṭā iva narendravṛndaparivṛtāḥ prītaya iva hṛdayam apaharantyaḥ gītaya iva rāgam uddīpayantyaḥ puṣṭaya ivānandam utpādayantyaḥ madam api madayantya iva rāgam api rañjayantya iva ānandam api ānandayantya iva nṛtyam api nartayamānā iva utsavam apy utsavayantya iva kaṭākṣekṣiteṣu pibantya ivāpāṅgaśuktibhiḥ tarjaneṣu saṃyamayantya iva nakhamayūkhapāśaiḥ kopābhinayeṣu tāḍayantya iva bhrūlatāvibhāgaiḥ praṇayasaṃbhāṣaṇeṣu varṣantya iva sarvarasān caturacaṅkramaṇeṣu vikirantya iva vikārān paṇyavilāsinyaḥ prānṛtyan //

Harṣacarita, 4, 150.1 krīḍārasena nartayanto mayūratāṃ nayanti bāliśāḥ //

KāvĀ, Dvitīyaḥ paricchedaḥ, 80.2 nartitabhrūlatenālaṃ mardituṃ bhuvanatrayam //

KūPur, 2, 34, 48.1 taṃ prāha bhagavān rudraḥ kimarthaṃ nartitaṃ tvayā /

KūPur, 2, 34, 51.1 yat sagarvaṃ hi bhavatā nartitaṃ munipuṅgava /

Megh, Pūrvameghaḥ, 48.2 dhautāpāṅgaṃ haraśaśirucā pāvakes taṃ mayūraṃ paścād adrigrahaṇagurubhir garjitair nartayethāḥ //

Megh, Uttarameghaḥ, 19.2 tālaiḥ śiñjāvalayasubhagair nartitaḥ kāntayā me yām adhyāste divasavigame nīlakaṇṭhaḥ suhṛd vaḥ //

ŚTr, 2, 94.1 upari ghanaṃ ghanapaṭalaṃ tiryag girayo 'pi nartitamayūrāḥ /

ŚTr, 3, 4.2 kṛto vittastambhapratihatadhiyām añjalir api tvam āśe moghāśe kim aparam ato nartayasi mām //

BhāMañj, 1, 1126.2 vrajantīṃ vīcinicayaiḥ kṣaṇamāvartanartitām //

BhāMañj, 5, 6.2 nartayanbhavanodyānanīlakaṇṭhānivācyutaḥ //

BhāMañj, 7, 545.2 naurivābdhermahāvātairbabhrāmāvartanartitā //

BhāMañj, 8, 113.2 āvartanartitevābhūtsahasā kuruvāhinī //

KSS, 4, 3, 82.1 maṅgalyapūrvāḥ svācāradakṣiṇā nartitāparāḥ /

TĀ, 1, 332.1 bhāvavrātahaṭhājjanasya hṛdayānyākramya yannartayan bhaṅgībhirvividhābhirātmahṛdayaṃ pracchādya saṃkrīḍase /

TĀ, 7, 38.2 yathā karṇau nartayāmītyevaṃ yatnāttathā bhavet //

Āsapt, 2, 155.2 kṣiptaḥ kṣipto nipatann aṅge nartayati bhṛṅgas tām //

Āsapt, 2, 525.2 vetralatayeva bālāṃ talpe nartayati ratarītyā //