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kāvyaकाव्यkāvyá mfn. (fr. kaví), endowed with the qualities of a sage or poet, descended or coming from a sage, prophetic, inspired, poetical, [RV. i, 117, 12]; [viii, 8, 11]; [VS.]; [AV.]
[id., [RV. v, 39, 5]; [x, 144, 2]; [VS.]]
kāvyá mf(A)n. coming from or uttered by the sage Uśanas, [Parāś.]; [MBh. ii, 2097]
kāvyá (ás), m. (gaṇa kurv-ādi) a patr. of Uśanas, [RV.]; [TS.] &c.
kāvyá mf(A)n. of the planet Śukra, [VarBṛS.]; [Sarvad.]
kāvyá (ās), m. pl. poems, [MBh. ii, 453]
a class of Manes, [ŚāṅkhŚr.]; [Lāṭy.]; [Mn. iii, 199]
the descendants of Kavi, [VP.]
kā́vya (am), n. wisdom, intelligence, prophetic inspiration, high power and art (often in pl.), [RV.]; [AV.]; [ŚBr. xi]
a poem, poetical composition with a coherent plot by a single author (opposed to an Itihāsa), [R.]; [Sāh.] &c.
term for the first tetrastich in the metre Ṣaṭ-pada
a kind of drama of one act, [Sāh. 546]
a kind of poem (composed in Sanskṛt interspersed with Prākṛt), [Sāh. 563]
happiness, welfare, [L.]
kāvyatāकाव्यताkāvya—tā f. the being a poetical composition, [Sāh.]
kāvyatvaकाव्यत्वkāvya—tva n. id., [ib.]
kāvyadevīकाव्यदेवीkāvya—devī f. N. of a princess who erected a statue of Śiva called Kāvya-devīśvara.
kāvyarasaकाव्यरसkāvya—rasa m. the flavour or sweetness of poetry, [ŚārṅgP.]
kāvyasudhāकाव्यसुधाkāvya—sudhā f. N. of a Comm. on a work on artificial poems.
kāvyabandhaकाव्यबन्धkāvya—bandha m. a poetical work, poem, [Sāh.]
kāvyacauryaकाव्यचौर्यkāvya—caurya n. plagiarism, [L.]
kāvyagoṣṭhīकाव्यगोष्ठीkāvya—goṣṭhī f. a conversation on poetry, [Kād.]
kāvyahāsyaकाव्यहास्यkāvya—hāsya n. a farce.
kāvyakartṛकाव्यकर्तृkāvya—kartṛ m. a poet, [Subh.]
kāvyaliṅgaकाव्यलिङ्गkāvya—liṅga n. a kind of Alaṃkāra or figure of rhetoric in which a statement is explained or made clearer by giving the reason for it, [Kpr. x, 28.]
kāvyaratnaकाव्यरत्नkāvya—ratna n. N. of wk.
kāvyaśāstraकाव्यशास्त्रkāvya—śāstra n. N. of a short work on poetics.
kāvyarasikaकाव्यरसिकkāvya—°rasika mfn. having a taste for poetical compositions, [Śrut.]
kāvyavilāsaकाव्यविलासkāvya—vilāsa m. N. of wk.
kāvyalakṣaṇaकाव्यलक्षणkāvya—lakṣaṇa n. illustration of poetry or rhetoric.
kāvyamīmāṃsāकाव्यमीमांसाkāvya—mīmāṃsā f. theory of poetry, [Sarvad.]
N. of wk. on it.
kāvyapradīpaकाव्यप्रदीपkāvya—pradīpa m. N. of a Comm. on the Kāvyaprakāśa.
kāvyaprakāśaकाव्यप्रकाशkāvya—prakāśa m. ‘illustration of poetry’, N. of a work on rhetoric or the composition of artificial poems by Mammaṭa
kāvyarākṣasaकाव्यराक्षसkāvya—rākṣasa n. N. of an artificial poem.
kāvyasaṃhāraकाव्यसंहारkāvya—saṃhāra m. the benediction pronounced at the end of a play, [Sāh.]
kāvyacandrikāकाव्यचन्द्रिकाkāvya—candrikā f. N. of wk. on artificial poems by Kavi-candra
another work on the same subject by Nyāya-vāgīśa, [L.]
kāvyakāmadhenuकाव्यकामधेनुkāvya—kāma-dhenu f. N. of a Comm. by Vopa-deva on his work called Kavi-kalpadruma.
kāvyasaṃgrahaकाव्यसंग्रहkāvya—saṃgraha m. N. of wk.
kāvyakalpalatāकाव्यकल्पलताkāvya—kalpa-latā f. N. of wk. on artificial poems
kāvyamīmāṃsakaकाव्यमीमांसकkāvya—mīmāṃsaka m. a rhetorician Comm. on [Śak.]
kāvyasaṃjīvanīकाव्यसंजीवनीkāvya—saṃjīvanī f. N. of wk.
kāvyaprakāśaṭīkāकाव्यप्रकाशटीकाkāvya—prakāśa—ṭīkā f. N. of commentary on Mammaṭa's work.
kāvyasārasaṃgrahaकाव्यसारसंग्रहkāvya—sāra-saṃgraha m. N. of wk.
kāvyaprakāśadīpikāकाव्यप्रकाशदीपिकाkāvya—prakāśa—dīpikā f. N. of commentary on Mammaṭa's work.
kāvyakalpalatāvṛttiकाव्यकल्पलतावृत्तिkāvya—kalpa-latā—vṛtti f. a Comm. by Amara-candra on the last work
kāvyaprakāśamañjarīकाव्यप्रकाशमञ्जरीkāvya—prakāśa—mañjarī f. N. of commentary on Mammaṭa's work.
kāvyaprakāśapradīpaकाव्यप्रकाशप्रदीपkāvya—prakāśa—pradīpa m. N. of commentary on Mammaṭa's work.
kāvyaprakāśasaṃketaकाव्यप्रकाशसंकेतkāvya—prakāśa—saṃketa m. N. of commentary on Mammaṭa's work.
kāvyaprakāśanidarśanaकाव्यप्रकाशनिदर्शनkāvya—prakāśa—nidarśana n. N. of commentary on Mammaṭa's work.
kāvyakalpalatāvṛttiparimalaकाव्यकल्पलतावृत्तिपरिमलkāvya—kalpa-latā—vṛtti-parimala m. another Comm. on the preceding work.