kavya कव्य kavyá mfn. (= kavi, [Kāś.] on [Pāṇ. v, 4, 30]) wise, [RV. x, 15, 9] (at, [VS. xxii, 2] read kavyā́ḥ) a sacrificer, sacrificial priest, [RV. ix, 91, 2] N. of a class of deities associated with Aṅgiras and Ṛkvan [[Gmn.]; a class of manes], [RV. x, 14, 3]; [AV.] N. of one of the seven sages of the fourth Manv-antara, [Hariv.] (am), n. (generally in connection with havya See havya-kavya) ‘what must be offered to the wise’, an oblation of food to deceased ancestors, [MBh.]; [Mn.] Nom. P. kavyati, to be wise, [Pāṇ. vii, 4, 39.] kavyat कव्यत् kavyát mfn. wise, [TS.] kavyatā कव्यता kavyá—tā (kavyá-), f. the state of a sage, wisdom, [RV. i, 96, 2.] kavyabhuj कव्यभुज् kavya—bhuj m. pl. ‘oblation-eaters’, the manes or a class of manes, [L.] kavyavah कव्यवह् kavya—vah nom. vāṭ mfn. = -vā́hana below. kavyavāla कव्यवाल kavya—vāla mfn. a corrupted form of -vāḍa, which is derived fr. the nom. -vāṭ of -vah. kavyavāḍa कव्यवाड kavya—vāḍa mfn. = -vā́hana below. kavyabhojana कव्यभोजन kavya—bhojana m. pl. ‘oblation-eaters’, the manes or a class of manes, [L.] kavyavāhana कव्यवाहन kavya—vā́hana mfn. ([Pāṇ. iii, 2, 65]) conveying oblations to the manes (said of fire), [RV. x, 16, 11] [[Sāy.]], [VS.]; [TS.]; [AV.]; [ŚBr.]; [ĀśvŚr.] kavya—vā́hana m. fire (= Agni), [W.] N. of Śiva, [W.] [cf. kravya-v°, havya-v°, vahni.] kavyahavyabhuj कव्यहव्यभुज् kavya—havya-bhuj m. N. of Agni, [Kathās.]