Kavijyeshtha, Kavijyeṣṭha, Kavi-jyeshtha: 5 definitions

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Kavijyeshtha 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.

The Sanskrit term Kavijyeṣṭha can be transliterated into English as Kavijyestha or Kavijyeshtha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Kavijyeṣṭha (कविज्येष्ठ).—an epithet of Vālmīki, the first poet.

Derivable forms: kavijyeṣṭhaḥ (कविज्येष्ठः).

Kavijyeṣṭha is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms kavi and jyeṣṭha (ज्येष्ठ).

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

Kavijyeṣṭha (कविज्येष्ठ).—m.

(-ṣṭhaḥ) A name of Valmiki, author of the Ramayana. E. kavi a poet, and jyeṣṭha elder or superior.

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

Kavijyeṣṭha (कविज्येष्ठ):—[=kavi-jyeṣṭha] [from kavi] m. ‘oldest of poets’, Name of Vālmīki (author of the Rāmāyaṇa), [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

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

Kavijyeṣṭha (कविज्येष्ठ):—[kavi-jyeṣṭha] (ṣṭhaḥ) 1. m. A name of Vālmīki, author of the Rāmāyana.

[Sanskrit to German]

Kavijyeshtha 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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