Vasakasajja

वासकसज्जा

Sanskritvaa · sa · ka · saj · jaa

aa ee oo ē ō — long vowels: hold them twice as long

The heroine dressed and waiting for her beloved

ConceptBharatanatyamKuchipudiOdissiMohiniyattam

Meaning

Vasakasajja is the nayika who prepares herself and her chamber for the beloved's arrival, adorning herself in eager expectation. She is one of the Ashta Nayikas.

Also written: vasaka sajja, vasakasajjika, vasakasajja nayika, vasakasajjika nayika

Sources

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashta_Nayika

Related words

NayikaनायिकाThe heroine whose feelings the dance portrays Ashta Nayikaअष्टनायिकाThe eight heroines — eight states of a woman in love Shringaraशृङ्गारThe rasa of love and beauty — first and most danced of the nine BaniபாணிA 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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