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Entry कवि

कविkavia.Omniscient; Mb.1.5. 27; कविं पुराणमनुशासितारम् Bg.8.9; Ms.4.24.
[कु-इ Uṇ.4.138]
1. Omniscient; Mb.1.5. 27; कविं पुराणमनुशासितारम् Bg.8.9; Ms.4.24.
2. Intelligent, clever, wise; कविर्मूकवदात्मानं स दृष्ट्या दर्शयेन्नृणाम् Bhāg.7.13,1.18.
3. Thinking, thoughtful.
4. Praiseworthy.
Derived forms and compounds
- -राजः
  
  a great poet; श्रीहर्षं कविराजराजिमुकुटालङ्कारहीरः सुतम् occurring in the last verse of every canto of Naiṣadha Charita.
  
  Name of a poet, author of a poem called राघवपाण्डवीय.
- -रामायणः an epithet of Vālmīki.
- -समयः convention of Poets.
- -विः
  
  A wise man, a thinker, a sage; कवीनामुशना कविः Bg.1.37; Ms.7.49,2.151.
  
  A poet; तद् ब्रूहि रामचरितं आद्यः कविरसि Ubbayapada (Parasmaipada and Atmanepada)2; मन्दः कवियशः- प्रार्थी R.1.3; इदं कविभ्यः पूर्वेभ्यो नमोवाकं प्रशास्महे Ubbayapada (Parasmaipada and Atmanepada)1.1; Śi.2.86.
  
  An epithet of Śukra, the preceptor of the Asuras; कविरिव वृषपर्वणः K.56.
  
  Vālmīki, the first poet.
  
  Brahmā; Bhāg.5.18.6.
  
  The sun. -Feminine The bit of a bridle; see कविका.
- -ज्येष्ठः an epithet of Vālmīki, the first poet.
- -पुत्रः an epithet of Śukra.
- कवि kavi वी vī यम् yam, (वी) यम् The bit of a bridle.
In the Gita4·16 18·2 8·9 10·37

किं कर्म किमकर्मेति कवयोऽप्यत्र मोहिताः ।

kiṁ karma kimakarmeti kavayo'pyatra mohitāḥ, — What is action and what is inaction, as to this even the sages are perplexed and deluded. I will declare to thee that action by the knowledge of which… 4·16
- कवयःkavayaḥnominative plural of the masculine noun kavi (the seer-poet).
- कविम्kavimaccusative singular of the masculine noun kavi (the seer-poet).
- कविःkaviḥnominative singular of the masculine noun kavi (the seer-poet).
- कवीनाम्kavīnāmgenitive plural of the masculine noun kavi (the seer-poet).
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