1. nāyaka
nāyaka m. a guide, leader, chief, lord, principal, MBh. ; Kāv. &c. (with or scil. sainyasya, a general, commander; ifc. f(akā). cf. anāyaka)
The corpus record — Sanskrit
nāyakā
nāyaka m. a guide, leader, chief, lord, principal, MBh. ; Kāv. &c. (with or scil. sainyasya, a general, commander; ifc. f(akā). cf. anāyaka)
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Where it lives
- Bhagavad Gita 1 · 1.16/10k
What it meant — Monier-Williams
2. nāyaka
the central gem of a necklace (implying also ‘a general’, cf. nāyakāya and mahānāyaka)
3. nāyaka
N. of Gautama Buddha , Buddh.
In the wild
- nāyakā Bhagavad Gita 1.7
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