Ashta Nayika – Embroidered Handkerchief

Description

“Double Satin Stitch” 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 Shastra. The eight nayikas represent eight different states (avastha) in relation to her hero or nayaka