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Lemma: kavi (m)
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(fig.) name of the gates of the sacrificial enclosure (MW)
(probably) name of a particular poet (MW)
Indra (MW)
Maruts (MW)
a cunning fighter (MW)
a keeper or herd (MW)
a singer (MW)
a thinker (MW)
a wise man (MW)
an owl (MW)
bard (MW)
intelligent man (MW)
leader (MW)
man of understanding (MW)
name of Agni (MW)
name of Brahmā (MW)
name of Pūshan (as leader or guider) (MW)
name of Varuṇa (MW)
name of Vālmīki (MW)
name of a son of Bhṛgu and father of Śukra (MW)
name of a son of Brahmā (MW)
name of a son of Urukṣava (OH meanings)
name of several gods (MW)
name of the Rbhus (as skilful in contrivance) (MW)
name of the Soma (MW)
name of the Soma priest and other sacrificers (MW)
name of the ancient sages or patriarchs (as spirits now surrounding the sun) (MW)
name of the planet Venus (MW)
name of the sons of several Manus (MW)
name of various men (MW)
name of Śiva (OH meanings)
name of Śukra (regent of the planet Venus and preceptor of the demons) (MW)
poet (but in this sense without any technical application in the Veda) (MW)
prophet (MW)
sage (MW)
seer (MW)
the Aśvins (MW)
the soul in the Sāṃkhya philosophy (MW)
the sun (MW)
Ādityas (MW)
Topic
Frequency
Agni 87
Soma 62
Indra 36
Poetology 19
Viśve devāḥ 17
Bhakti 16
Sacrifice, yajña 14
Genealogies 12
Soma sacrifice 12
Aśvins 11
Creation of the world 11
Viṣṇu, Vishnuism 10
Giving, dāna 9
Alchemy 9
death rites, funeral rites, aurdhvadehika, pitṛmedha 9
Sūrya, Savitṛ, sun 8
gold 8
animal sacrifice, paśubandha 7
Maruts 6
dyāvāpṛthivī, heaven and earth 6
darśapūrṇamāsa iṣṭi, full-moon sacrifice 6
Varuṇa 6
pretakārya, rituals for the dead, funeral rites 6
Magic, rites with a purpose, abhicāra 5
Politics 5
Yoga 5
Bṛhaspati 4
Asceticism, tapas 4
Grammar 4
Lexicography 4
jñāna, ajñāna, vidyā, śruta, knowledge 4
pravargya 4
Shivaism, Śiva 4
penance, prāyaścitta 4
prāyaścitta 4
agniṣṭoma 4
Mineralogy, jewels, metals 4
sacrificial fire 4
agnyādhāna, agnyādheya 4
upanayana, initiation 4
Aditi 3
Names of Viṣṇu, sahasranāman 3
Names of Śiva, sahasranāman 3
Āpri hymn 3
śruti, Veda 3
ātman 3
Earth, bhūmi, pṛthivī 3
pravara, choosing the priest 3
Sāṃkhya 3
Love 3
Dharmaśāstra 3
aṣṭakā 3
mahāvrata 3
agnicayana 3
against enemies, armies, weapons 3
King, rājanīti 3
Agni Vaiśvānara 2
omina, presigns, nimittas 2
(handing over the) daṇḍa 2
Pulomā/an 2
twelve-day Soma rite 2
for prestige, influence 2
āhavanīya 2
Pūṣan 2
grahagrahaṇa 2
ukhya 2
agnihotra 2
errors in sacrifice 2
Vedic hymns, śastras 2
against rivals 2
jātaka, avadāna 2
for protection, safety, and luck 2
against demons, rakṣas, evil spirits 2
Zoology 2
botany, plants 2
Bhṛgu 2
sexuality 2
Skanda 2
avatāras 2
Medicine 2
Cosmogony (gen.) 2
saṃsāra 2
Liberation, mokṣa, release 2
sahasranāman 2
poison, antidotes 2
Kāmaśāstra 2
Mahāyāna 2
Law 1
Debts and interest 1
Witness 1
riddle hymns 1
marriage, wedding 1
Śunaḥśepa 1
Ordeal 1
vaśā 1
viṣuvat 1
kills Mahiṣa 1
Vedic metres, prosody 1
dāna, giving 1
utsarga, utsarjana, dismissal 1
mankind 1
dharma 1
mixing of sacrificial fires 1
darbha grass 1
mekhalābandhana 1
paryagnikaraṇa 1
yajus verses 1
paridhi enclosings 1
year 1
Kashmirian Shivaism 1
uktha 1
havirdhāna 1
narrative literature 1
gṛhastha, householder 1
Cosmogony 1
for political power 1
altar, vedi 1
punarādheya 1
Brideship and marriage 1
om, oṃ, oṃkāra 1
Phonetics 1
Dāruvana 1
Kāma 1
poverty, renunciation 1
āpaddharma 1
State finances 1
Yama 1
Śvetadvīpa 1
calmness of mind 1
praise of Viṣṇu (namas) 1
Mitra 1
Tāraka 1
vighasa, eating the remainder of food 1
linguistic speculation 1
Śrīvidyā 1
hunting 1
Dakṣa's sacrifice and Satī 1
bali 1
Paraśurāma 1
Vāta, Vāyu, wind 1
for success, authority 1
for love, love charms 1
Churning of the Milk Ocean 1
Viśvāmitra 1
rebirth, transmigration 1
against poison, venom 1
triguṇa 1
war 1
for material success, riches, wealth, prosperity 1
Architecture 1
against sorcery 1
Agriculture 1
Uṣas 1
Rudra 1
Ṛbhus 1
Brahmaṇaspati 1
śrāddha 1
Mahābhārata 1
Concept Notes Count poet a writer of poems 40 wise man a wise and trusted guide and advisor 7 bard a lyric poet 5 Venus the second nearest planet to the sun; visible as an early `morning star' or an `evening star'; rotates slowly in the opposite direction from the normal rotation of the planets 3 Uśanas name of an ancient sage with the patronymic Kāvya; Erfinder der saṃjīvanī 2 guru a mentor in spiritual and philosophical topics 1 Kavi name of a son of Urukṣava 1 prophet someone who speaks by divine inspiration; someone who is an interpreter of the will of God 1 kavi [word] the word kavi 1 Brahma the Creator; one of the three major deities in the later Hindu pantheon 1 Shiva the Destroyer; one of the three major divinities in the later Hindu pantheon 1
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