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kavya

kavya noun: a highly artificial Sanskrit literary style used by Indian court poets in the early centuries AD.

Noun

kavya (uncountable)

  1. A highly artificial Sanskrit literary style used by Indian court poets in the early centuries AD.
  2. (broadly) poetry (especially in a classical style) in the literatures of India's modern languages

Origin of kavya

From Sanskrit काव्य (kāvyá).

Questions about kavya

What does kavya mean?
Kavya means a highly artificial Sanskrit literary style used by Indian court poets in the early centuries AD.
What part of speech is kavya?
Kavya is a noun.

Words near kavya in the dictionary

  1. Kavita
  2. kavithai
  3. kavorka
  4. Kavvahuttaa
  5. kavvanah
  6. kavya
  7. kaw
  8. Kaw City
  9. kawa
  10. kawabonga
  11. Kawachi

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