nayika

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noun

Any of the eight types of romantic heroine described in the Natya Shastra, an ancient Indian treatise on the performing arts.

OriginSanskrit नायिका →
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Meanings

nounnayika (plural nayikas)

plural nayikas

  1. Any of the eight types of romantic heroine described in the Natya Shastra, an ancient Indian treatise on the performing arts.

Origin

  1. Sanskritनायिका
  2. Englishnayika

Borrowed from Sanskrit नायिका (nāyikā).

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