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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Bhūtanāyikā (भूतनायिका).—an epithet of Durgā.

Bhūtanāyikā is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms bhūta and nāyikā (नायिका).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Bhūtanāyikā (भूतनायिका).—f.

(-kā) Durga. E. bhūta a spirit, and nāyikā leader.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Bhūtanāyikā (भूतनायिका):—[=bhūta-nāyikā] [from bhūta > bhū] f. ‘leader of the Bhūtas’, Name of Durgā, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Bhūtanāyikā (भूतनायिका):—[bhūta-nāyikā] (kā) 1. f. Durgā.

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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: Nayika, Bhuta.

Full-text: Dandanayaka.

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