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nāyaka

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)