"the heroine going to meet her lover"

The Ashta-Nayika is a collective name for eight types of nayikas or heroines as classified by Bharatmuni in his Sanskrit treatise on performing art - Natyashastra. The eight nayikas represent eight different states (avastha) in relationship to her hero or nayaka.As archrtypal states of the romantic heroine, it has been used as theme in indian painting, loterature, sculpture as well as Indian

classical and music