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According to Rasa Manjari, the pleasure companion of a Nayaka, a Narmasachiva may be a Pithamarda (propitiates angry nayika), Vita (one notch below Nayaka, confidant, may cede on behalf of the Nayaka but not always), Cheta (pure mediator) or a Vidushaka (jester in Sanskrit drama and Shakespearean plays - intelligent, mediator). - Dr. Anupama Kylash ('Spotlight on the Nayaka' by Rupa Srikanth, The Hindu Friday Review, May 29, 2020) |
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Bhanudatta (Rasa Manjari) and Rudrabhatta have given four and three
duties for a Sakhi respectively. These are to: create humour (Vinoda),
adorn the nayika (Mandana), advise (Shiksha), complain with sarcasm
(Upaalambha), pacify nayika in all situations (Prasadana), unite the
lovers (Sangama) and console that viraha will be short-lived
(Virahashwasa). - Dr. Anupama Kylash ('Spotlight on the Nayaka' by Rupa Srikanth, The Hindu Friday Review, May 29, 2020) |
