Kavishvara, Kavi-ishvara, Kavīśvara: 6 definitions
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Kavishvara 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 Kavīśvara can be transliterated into English as Kavisvara or Kavishvara, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryKavīśvara (कवीश्वर).—m. the chief of the wise men, [Bhartṛhari, (ed. Bohlen.)] 2, 21.
Kavīśvara is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms kavi and īśvara (ईश्वर).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus Catalogorum1) Kavīśvara (कवीश्वर) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—poet. Śp. p. 15.
2) Kavīśvara (कवीश्वर):—Mādhavānalanāṭaka. Peters. 1, 118.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryKavīśvara (कवीश्वर):—[from kavi] m. ‘lord among poets’, Name of a [poetry or poetic]
Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)Kavīśvara (कवीश्वर) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Khaīsara, Kesara.
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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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Partial matches: Ishvara, Kavi.
Full-text: Kahna kavishvara, Khaisara, Kaviccuran, Samvitprakasha, Radhamadhavavilasa, Madhavanalanataka, Kesara, Dinacarya, Ishvara, Govinda.
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