1 A mistress.

2 A wife-

3 The heroine of a poetic composi- tion. (According to S. D. a nāyikā is of three kinds svā or svīyā, anyā or parakīyā, and sādhāraṇastrī. For fur- ther classification, see S. D. 97-112, and Rasamañjarī 3-94; cf. anyastrī also).

4 A kind of musk.