| nāya | नाय | nāyá m. (√ nī) a leader, guide, [RV. vi, 24, 10]; [46, 11] (proper N. [Sāy.]; cf. aśva-, go-) |
| guidance, direction, [L.] |
| policy, means, expedient, [Bhaṭṭ.], Sch. |
| nāyaka | नायक | m. a guide, leader, chief, lord, principal, [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c. (with or scil. sainyasya, a general, commander; ifc. f(akA). cf. a-nāyaka) |
| a husband, [BhP.] |
| (in dram.) the lover or hero |
| the central gem of a necklace (implying also ‘a general’, cf. nāyakāya and mahā-nāyaka) |
| a paradigm or example (in gram.) |
| N. of Gautama Buddha, [Buddh.] |
| of a Brāhman, [Rājat.] |
| of an author (also bhaṭṭa-n°), [Cat.] |
| m. n. a kind of musk, [L.] (cf. nāyikā-cūrṇa) |
| nāyana | नायन | mf(I)n. (fr. nayana) relating to the eye, ocular, [Nyāyas.], Sch. |
| nāyakāya | नायकाय | Nom. Ā. °yate, to play the part of a leader; to act the part of the central gem of a necklace, [Śiś. ii, 92.] |
| nāyakatva | नायकत्व | nāyaka—tva n. leadership, [R.] |
| nāyakādhipa | नायकाधिप | m. ‘chief of leaders’, sovereign, king, [L.] |
| nāyakaratna | नायकरत्न | nāyaka—ratna n. N. of a Comm. |