Dictionary meanings for kavi from Apte and Monier-Williams.
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Apte Sanskrit-English Dictionary
a. [ku-i Uṇ. 4. 138] 1 Omniscient; Bg. 8. 9; Ms. 4. 24.
2 Intelligent, clever, wise.
3 Thinking, thoughtful.
4 Praise- worthy. viḥ 1 A wise man, a thinker, a sage; kavīnāmuśanā kaviḥ Bg. 10. 37; Ms. 7. 49, 2. 151.
2 A poet; tadbrūhi rāmacaritaṃ ādyaḥ kavirasi U. 2; maṃdaḥ kaviyaśaḥprārthī R. 1. 3; idaṃ kavibhyaḥ pūrvebhyo namovākaṃ praśāsmahe U. 1. 1; Śi. 2. 86.
3 An epithet of Śukra, the preceptor of...
Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary
mfn. (1. kū cf. 2. kava, /ākūta, /ākūti, kāvya Naigh. iii, 15 Nir. xii, 13 Un2. iv, 138) gifted with insight, intelligent, knowing, enlightened, wise, sensible, prudent, skilful, cunning 264,2 46509 m. a thinker, intelligent man, man of understanding, leader 264,2 46510 m. a wise man, sage, seer, prophet 264,2 46511 m. a singer, bard, poet (but in this sense without any technical application in the Veda veda) RV.;...
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