nāyikā | नायिका | nAyikA

nāyikā | नायिका | f. See nāyikā | नायिका |
nāyikā | नायिका | f. (of ˚yaka | ˚यक |, q.v.) a noble lady, Vet.
mistress, courtezan (cf. nākāḍipa- | नाकाडिप- |)
the heroine in a drama, Sāh. &c.
an inferior form or Śakti of Durgā (of which there are 8, viz. Ugra-caṇḍā, Pra-caṇḍā, Caṇḍogrā, Caṇḍa-nāyikā, Ati-caṇḍā, Cāmuṇḍā, Caṇḍā, and Caṇḍa-vatī; cf. kula-n˚ | कुल-न्˚ |), Cat.
a class of female personifications representing illegitimate sexual love (they are called Balinī, Kāmeśvarī, Vimalā, Aruṇā, Medinī, Jayinī, Sarveśvarī, Kauleśī), RTL. 188
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