Hindi

Noun

काव्य • ‎(kāvya) m ‎(Urdu spelling کاویہ)

1. poem
2. poetry

Declension

See also

• कविता ‎(kavitā)

Marathi

Etymology

From Sanskrit काव्य ‎(kāvyá)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kaːʋjə]

Noun

काव्य • ‎(kāvya) n

1. poem
2. poetry

See also

• कविता ‎(kavitā)

Sanskrit

Etymology

From कवि ‎(kaví).

Adjective

काव्य • ‎(kāvyá)

1. endowed with the qualities of a sage or poet, descended or coming from a sage, prophetic, inspired, poetical
2. coming from or uttered by the sage उशनस् ‎(uśanas)
3. of the planet शुक्र ‎(śukra, “Venus”)

Declension

Noun

काव्य • ‎(kāvyá) m

1. a patronymic of उशनस् ‎(uśanas)
2. a class of Manes
3. the descendants of कवि ‎(kavi)
4. name of a female fiend (= पूतना ‎(pūtanā))

Declension

Noun

काव्य • ‎(kāvyá) n

1. wisdom, intelligence, prophetic inspiration, high power and art (often in plural)
2. (poetry) poem, poetical composition with a coherent plot by a single author (opposed to an इतिहास ‎(itihāsa))
3. term for the first tetrastich in the metre षट्पद ‎(ṣaṭ-pada)
4. (drama) a kind of drama of one act
5. a kind of poem (composed in Sanskrit interspersed with Prakrit)
6. happiness, welfare

Declension

Descendants

• Telugu: కావ్యము ‎(kāvyamu)

References

• Sir Monier Monier-Williams (1898) A Sanskrit-English dictionary etymologically and philologically arranged with special reference to cognate Indo-European languages, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 0280
• Arthur A. Macdonell, A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press, 1893, page 068
• Horace Hayman Wilson, A dictionary in Sanscrit and English, 2nd ed., Calcutta: Education Press, Circular Road, 1832, page 219
• Carl Capeller, A Sanskrit-English dictionary, based upon the St. Petersburg lexicons, London: Luzac & Co., 1891, page 120