Eight Nayikas

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Indian writers have long been interested in the classification of heroes and heroines in well-defined types. Such classifications are typically developed in Sanskrit treatises such as Natyasastra, the Sahitya-Darpana, and Kama Sutra and in other works and later in vernacular literature of Hindustan, chiefly in Rasikapriya, Satsaiya, and the Bhasa-bhusana.

Contents:

1. Introduction
2. Rasikapriya chapter VII, text and translation
3. Other poets
4. Other conditions of the nayika

Index

Of Related Interest:

Hansini Nayika

Utka Nayika

Abhisarika Nayika

Mahanayaka

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