Kovida: 17 definitions
Introduction:
Kovida means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Buddhism, Pali. 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.
In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Source: archive.org: Shiva Purana - English TranslationKovida (कोविद) refers to “experts”, according to the Śivapurāṇa 2.3.38 (“Description of the dais or maṇḍapa”).—Accordingly, as Himavat prepared the wedding of Menā and Śiva: “[...] The watery places presented there excelled the solid grounds. Even experts (kovida) could not distinguish what was water and what was solid ground. There were artificial lions. There were rows of storks. There were artificial peacocks, but very beautiful in appearance. Artificial women were represented as dancing with artificial men casting wistful glances at them and enchanting them. [...]”.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana IndexKovida (कोविद).—A class of people in Kuśadvīpa.*
- * Bhāgavata-purāṇa V. 20. 16.
The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.
Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology)
Source: Wisdom Library: Brihat Samhita by VarahamihiraKovida (कोविद) refers to “one who is learned”, according to the Bṛhatsaṃhitā (chapter 2), an encyclopedic Sanskrit work written by Varāhamihira mainly focusing on the science of ancient Indian astronomy astronomy (Jyotiṣa).—Accordingly, “That prince meets with ruin who does not support a Jyotiṣaka well-versed in all the Divisions and Subdivisions of Saṃhitā and in Horoscopy and Astronomy. Even men who, having conquered their passions and cut asunder all ties of family, live in woods, desire to question a learned Jyotiṣaka [i.e., kovida] regarding their future”.
Jyotisha (ज्योतिष, jyotiṣa or jyotish) refers to ‘astronomy’ or “Vedic astrology” and represents the fifth of the six Vedangas (additional sciences to be studied along with the Vedas). Jyotisha concerns itself with the study and prediction of the movements of celestial bodies, in order to calculate the auspicious time for rituals and ceremonies.
Languages of India and abroad
Pali-English dictionary
Source: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionarykovida : (adj.) clever; well-versed; expert.
Source: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English DictionaryKovida, (adj.) (ku+vid) one who is in the possession of right wisdom, with ref. either to dhamma, magga, or ariyasaccāni, closely related to medhāvin and paṇḍita. S. I, 146, 194, 196 (ceto-pariyāya°); A. II, 46; M. I, 1, 7, 135, 300, 310, 433; Dh. 403=Sn. 627; Sn. 484 (jātimaraṇa°), 653 (kammavipāka°); Pv. I, 1112; Vv 159 (=VvA. 73), 6330 (=VvA. 269); Miln. 344; Sdhp. 350.—akovida ignorant of true wisdom (dhammassa) S. I, 162; Sn. 763; S. IV, 287=Nd2 on attānudiṭṭhi. (Page 230)
Source: Sutta: Pali Word Grammar from Pali Myanmar Dictionarykovida (ကောဝိဒ) [(ti) (တိ)]—
[ka+vida+a．kiṃ+na+vida+a．ku+vida+a．kaṃ vācaṃ vindatīti kovidā．pārā,yo．7．kinnāma na vindatīti kovido,nerutto,kuṃ pāpaṃ vindatīti vā kovido．,ṭī．228．]
[က+ဝိဒ+အ။ ကိံ+န+ဝိဒ+အ။ ကု+ဝိဒ+အ။ ကံ ဝါစံ ဝိန္ဒတီတိ ကောဝိဒါ။ ပါရာ၊ ယော။၇။ ကိန္နာမ န ဝိန္ဒတီတိ ကောဝိဒေါ၊ နေရုတ္တော၊ ကုံ ပါပံ ဝိန္ဒတီတိ ဝါ ကောဝိဒေါ။ ဓာန်၊ဋီ။၂၂၈။]
Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryKovida (कोविद).—a. Experienced, learned, skilled, wise, proficient (with gen. or loc. but usually in comp.); व्युत्पत्तिरावर्जितकोविदापि (vyutpattirāvarjitakovidāpi) Vikr.1.16; गुणदोषकोविदः (guṇadoṣakovidaḥ) Śiśupālavadha 14. 54,69; प्राप्यावन्तीनुदयनकथाकोविदग्रामवृद्धान् (prāpyāvantīnudayanakathākovidagrāmavṛddhān) Meghadūta 3; Manusmṛti 7.26; स्फुटचतुरकथा° (sphuṭacaturakathā°) Mu.3.1.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryKovida (कोविद).—mfn.
(-daḥ-dā-daṃ) Wise, learned. E. ko who sounds or teaches (the Shastras,) vida divine knowledge from vid to know, affix ka.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryKovida (कोविद).—[ko-vid + a], cf. koyaṣṭi, adj., f. dā, Knowing, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 7, 26; Mahābhārata 3, 1287 (with gen.); skilful, [Rāmāyaṇa] 2, 80, 5 (with loc.).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryKovida (कोविद).—[adjective] knowing, clever, skilful in ([locative], [genetive], or —°). Abstr. tva [neuter]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Kovida (कोविद):—[=ko-vida] mf(ā)n. (√vid) experienced, skilled, learned in ([locative case] [genitive case], or ifc. e.g. aśveṣu, or aśvānām or aśva-kovida, ‘skilled in horses’), [Manu-smṛti vii, 26; Mahābhārata; Rāmāyaṇa] etc.
2) [v.s. ...] m. [plural] Name of the Kṣatriyas in Kuśa-dvīpa, [Bhāgavata-purāṇa v, 20, 16.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryKovida (कोविद):—[ko-vida] (daḥ-dā-daṃ) a. Wise.
Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)Kovida (कोविद) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Kovia.
[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 corpusKōvida (ಕೋವಿದ):—[noun] (masc.) a scholar a) a learned person; b) a specialist in a particular branch of learning.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: A, Vida, Ko, Ka, Vita.
Starts with: Kovidaar, Kovidaara, Kovidananda, Kovidar, Kovidara, Kovidarah, Kovidaraha, Kovidaram, Kovidarapushpavarna, Kovidari, Kovidatthapada, Kovidatva, Kovitan, Kovitanam, Kovitaram.
Full-text (+35): Akovida, Daivakovida, Nayakovida, Nitikovida, Kovidatva, Mantrakovida, Arthakovida, Ashvakovida, Shastrakovida, Muhurtakovida, Natikovida, Maggakovida, Ingitakovida, Ranamargakovida, Kalakovida, Hayakovida, Kutilakovida, Ko, Byanjananimittakovida, Vinayopayakovida.
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Dhammapada (Illustrated) (by Ven. Weagoda Sarada Maha Thero)
Verse 403 - Khemā the Wise < [Chapter 26 - Brāhmaṇa Vagga (The Brāhmaṇa)]
Notices of Sanskrit Manuscripts (by Rajendralala Mitra)
Garga Samhita (English) (by Danavir Goswami)
Verse 5.4.26 < [Chapter 4 - The Journey to Śrī Mathurā]
A Descriptive Catalogue of the Sanskrit Manuscripts, Madras (by M. Seshagiri Sastri)
Brihad Bhagavatamrita (commentary) (by Śrī Śrīmad Bhaktivedānta Nārāyana Gosvāmī Mahārāja)
Verse 1.7.68 < [Chapter 7 - Pūrṇa (pinnacle of excellent devotees)]
Verse 1.4.43 < [Chapter 4 - Bhakta (the devotee)]
Sanskrit Words In Southeast Asian Languages (by Satya Vrat Shastri)