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Entry उपनायक
उपनायकupanāyakaa.Leading to.
Leading to.
Derived forms and compounds
-कः
(उप गौणो नायकः) A character in a dramatic or any other work of art next in importance to the hero; (नायकस्य गुणोत्कर्षकथका उपनायकाः); Exempli gratia, for example Lakṣmaṇa in Rāmāyaṅa; Makaranda in Mālatimādhava etc.etc.