Etymology

nayika

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Today it means: Any of the eight types of romantic heroine described in the Natya Shastra, an ancient Indian treatise on the performing arts. Full definition →

Sanskrit नायिका
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  1. Sanskrit · borrowed fromनायिका
  2. English todaynayika

Borrowed from Sanskrit नायिका (nāyikā).

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