nayika
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Borrowed from
Sanskrit
नायिका
(
nāyikā
)
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Noun
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nayika
(
plural
nayikas
)
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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