nayika

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Sanskrit नायिका (nāyikā).

Noun[edit]

nayika (plural nayikas)

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