नायिका _nāyikā

नायिका 1 A mistress.

-2 A wife.

-3 The heroine of a poetic composition. (According to S. D. a नायिका is of three kinds स्वा or स्वीया, अन्या or परकीया, and साधारणस्त्री. For further classification, see S. D.97-112, and Rasamañjarī 3-94; cf. अन्यस्त्री also).

-4 A kind of musk.