nawaH [ naw-ac ] 1 A dancer; na nawA na viwA na gAyakAH Bh. 3. 27. 2 An actor; kurvannayaM prahasanasya nawaH kfto'si Bh. 3. 126 , 112. 3 The son of a degraded Kṣatriya. 4 The Aśoka tree. 5 A kind of reed. Comp. — aMtikA shame, modesty. — ISvaraH an epithet of Śiva. — caryA the performance of an actor. — BUzaRaH , — maMqanaH (yellow) orpiment. — raMgaH a theatrical stage. — varaH ‘the chief actor’, the Sūtradhāra of a drama. — saMjYakaM yellow orpiment. — (kaH) an actor, dancer. — sUtraM directions or ( pb ) rules for actors.