Adyakavi, Ādyakavi, Adya-kavi: 7 definitions

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Adyakavi 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 dictionary

Ādyakavi (आद्यकवि).—'the first poet,' an epithet of Brahmā or Vālmīki; see आदिकवि (ādikavi).

Derivable forms: ādyakaviḥ (आद्यकविः).

Ādyakavi is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms ādya and kavi (कवि).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Ādyakavi (आद्यकवि).—m.

(-viḥ) A name of Valmiki, author of the Ramayana. E. ādya first, and kavi a poet, being the first who wrote Sanskrit verse.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Ādyakavi (आद्यकवि):—[=ādya-kavi] [from ādya > ādi] m. ‘the first poet’, Name of Vālmīki (cf. ādi-kavi above), [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

2) [v.s. ...] cf. [Raghuvaṃśa xv, 41.]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Ādyakavi (आद्यकवि):—[ādya-kavi] (viḥ) 2. m. First poet, the author of the Rāmāyana.

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Adyakavi in German

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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.

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Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Ādyakavi (ಆದ್ಯಕವಿ):—[noun] the first poet a) Brahma, who is supposed to have produced and promulgated the Vedas; b) Vālmīki, considered as the first to show other Saṃskřta poets, 'the path of poetry', c) Pampa, the first recognised poet, with his immortal and unsurpassed Kannaḍa classical works 'Vikramārjuna Vijaya' and ' Ādipurāṇa'.

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

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