The Ashta-Nayika is a collective name for eight types of nayikas or heroines as classified by Bharata in his Sanskrit treatise on performing arts - Natya...

ashtapadis. The text also elaborates the eight moods of Heroine, the Ashta Nayika, which has been an inspiration for many compositions and choreographic...

figure of Radha. Within the Ashta Nayika classification system of heroines, the Bani Thani is identified as the Vasakasajja Nayika type, with the element of...

Bhagat. Additionally, there are paintings of various Nayika themes, including the Ashta-nayika (eight heroines). There also exists wall paintings based...

Bihari. These works classified heroes (nayakas) and heroines (nayikas) (i.e. Ashta Nayika) and were so well known that series illustrating these subjects...

depicted the sports so as to exemplify the eight Nayikas well known in Sringara Kavyas (Ashta Nayika). The introductory part of the work gives the genealogy...

South America, Japan, West Asia and Africa. Their recent choreography, Ashta Nayika, has received wide recognition, from both viewers and critics alike Academy...

Devi. In her Thumri singing, she stressed on the need to study Nayika Bheda (Ashta Nayika), the eight different kind of heroines classified in the Natya...

Sadashivam Darisanam (Shiva as a contemporary) Ashta Nyakirarin Ishta Murugan (depiction of the Ashta Nayikas) Manomaaneeyam (connection of souls) Juganbandhi...

Chapter 3 and verse 34 of Rasikapriya, depicted Radha as Madhya arudhayovana nayika and is described as a beautiful woman who looks like a heavenly damsel,...