Adikavya, Ādikāvya, Adi-kavya: 6 definitions
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Adikavya means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
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Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryĀdikāvya (आदिकाव्य).—the first poem; i. e. the Rāmāyaṇa; see आदिकवि (ādikavi).
Derivable forms: ādikāvyam (आदिकाव्यम्).
Ādikāvya is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms ādi and kāvya (काव्य).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryĀdikāvya (आदिकाव्य):—[=ādi-kāvya] [from ādi] n. ‘the first poem’, Name of the Rāmāyaṇa.
[Sanskrit to German]
Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusĀdikāvya (ಆದಿಕಾವ್ಯ):—
1) [noun] Rāmāyaṇa, by Vālmīki, acknowledged as the first poem in Saṃskřta language.
2) [noun] Vikramārjuna Vijaya the first classical Kannaḍa poetic work of Pampa.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Nepali dictionary
Source: unoes: Nepali-English DictionaryĀdikāvya (आदिकाव्य):—n. first epic; Ramayana;
Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.
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Full-text: Valmiki, Adikavy, Adikavi, Pracetasa, Ramayana, Adi.
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