यवनिका 1 A Yavana female, a Greek or Mahomedan woman; यवनी नवनीतकोमलांगी Jag.; यतनीमुखपद्मानां सेहे मधुमदं न सः R. 4. 61; (from dramas it appears that Yavana girls were formerly employed as attendants on kings, particularly to be in charge of their bows and quivers; cf. एष बाणासन- हस्ताभिर्यवनीभिः परिवृत इत एवागच्छति प्रियवयस्यः Ś. 2; प्रविश्य शार्ङ्गहस्ता यव- नी Ś. 6; प्रविश्य चापहस्ता यवनी V. 5. &c.).
2 A curtain.