a. [nī-ṇvul] Guiding, lead- ing, conducting. kaḥ 1 A guide, leader, conductor.

2 A chief, master, head, lord.

3 A pre-emi- nent or principal person, distin- guished personage; sainyanāyakaḥ &c.

4 A general, commander.

6 (In Rhet.) The hero of a poetic com- position (a play or drama); (ac- cording to S. D. there are four main kinds of nāyakaḥ dhīrodātta, dhīro- [Page0615-c+ 58] ddhata, dhīralalita, and...