1 Dancing in general; madatāṃḍavotsavāṃte U. 3. 18; bhrūº dance or playful movement of the eye- brows; 3. 19.

2 Particularly, the frantic or violent dance of Śiva; tryaṃbakānaṃdi vastāṃḍavaṃ devi bhūyādabhīṣṭyai ca hṛṣṭyai ca naḥ Māl. 5. 23, 1. 1.

3 The art of dancing.

4 A sort of grass.

5 (In prosody) A foot of three short syllables. Comp. tālikaḥ an epithet of Nandin, the door-keeper of Śiva. priyaḥ...