Anukulanayaka, Anukūlanāyaka, Anukula-nayaka: 2 definitions
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Anukulanayaka means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryAnukūlanāyaka (अनुकूलनायक):—[=anu-kūla-nāyaka] [from anu-kūla] m. a kind husband or lover.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Goldstücker Sanskrit-English DictionaryAnukūlanāyaka (अनुकूलनायक):—[karmadharaya compound] m.
(-kaḥ) (In Rhetoric.) One of the forty-eight characters of a hero or principal personage in a poetical composition; he is described as a lover attached only to one mistress and as one of the four varieties (see also dakṣiṇa, dhṛṣṭa and śaṭha) of either of the four principal divisions of the nāyaka (q. v.), viz. of the dhīrodātta, dhīroddhata, dhīralalita and dhīrapraśānta (qq. vv.). The anukūlanāyaka may again be uttama, madhyama or adhama (qq. vv.). E. anukūla and nāyaka.
Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
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Partial matches: Nayaka, Anukula.
Full-text: Anukula.
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