[viṭ-ka] 1 A paramour; tva- dvatsalaḥ kva sa tapasvijanasya haṃtā kanyāvi- ṭaḥ patirasau parirakṣatu tvāṃ Māl. 8. 8; Śi. 4. 48.

2 A voluptuary, sensualist.

3 (In dramas) The companion of a prince or dissolute young man, or of a courtezan (who is described as be- ing skilled in the arts of singing, music, and poetry and as a parasite on familiar terms with his associate to whom he nearly serves the pur- pose of...