- [nāyakam] ''s.'' Headship, superiority, su premacy, pre-eminence, தலைமை. (சது.) 2. Rule, government, domination, ஆளுகை. 3. ''(fig.)'' The chief gem in a neck-lace, மாலையின்பிரதானமணி. --''Note.'' The four kinds of government to be deprecated are: 1. ஸ்திரீநாயகம், female government, of a state, or family; 2. வாலநாயகம்--சிசுநாயகம், juve nile government; 3. வெகுநாயகம், govern ment in the hands of many; 4. அநாயகம், anarchy--''Note.'' Some medicinal plants have this affix as கிரந்திநாயகம், சன்னிநாயகம், which see.
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