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Abhisarika

अभिसारिका
SanskritSay it: a · bhi · saa · ri · kaa
  • bh, dh, gh… — the consonant with a breath of air after it
  • aa ee oo ē ō — long vowels: hold them twice as long

The heroine who sets out to meet her beloved

ConceptBharatanatyamKuchipudiOdissiMohiniyattam

Meaning

Abhisarika is the nayika who leaves her home, often secretly and at night, to go and meet her beloved. She is one of the Ashta Nayikas.

Also written: abhisarika nayika, abhisaarika

Sources

Related words

NayikaनायिकाThe heroine whose feelings the dance portraysAshta Nayikaअष्टनायिकाThe eight heroines — eight states of a woman in loveShringaraशृङ्गारThe rasa of love and beauty — first and most danced of the nineBaniபாணிA school or style of Bharatanatyam, carried down a lineage.NavarasaनवरसThe nine sentiments of classical aesthetics.Arangetramஅரங்கேற்றம்A dancer's first full solo recital before an audience.

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