kAvya a. [ kavi-yaR ] 1 Possessed of the qualities of a sage or a poet. 2 Praiseworthy, fit to be described. 3 Prophetic, inspired, poetical. — vyaH N. of Śukra, preceptor of the Asuras. — vyA 1 Intelligence. 2 A female fiend. — vyaM 1 A poem; mahAkAvyaM; meGadUtaM nAma kAvyaM &c. 2 Poetics, poetry, poetical composition. ( kAvya ( pb ) is defined by writers on Poetics in different ways; tadadozO SabdArTO saguRAvanalaMkftI punaH kvApi K. P. 1 ; vAkyaM rasAtmakaM kAvyaM S. D. 1 ; ramaRIyArTapratipAdakaH SabdaH kAvyaM R. G. ; SarIraM tAvadizwArTavyavacCinnA padAvalI Kāv. 1. 10 ; nirdozA lakzaRavatI sarItirguRaBUzitA . sAlaMkArarasA'nekavfttirvAk kAvyanAmaBAk .. Chandr. 1. 7. ). 3 Happiness, welfare. 4 Wisdom. 5 Inspiration. (The purposes of a Kāvya as mentioned by Mammaṭa are: - kAvyaM yaSase' rTakfte vyavahAravide Sivetarakzataye . sadyaHparanirvftaye kAMtAsaMmitatayopadeSayuje .. K. P. 1 ). Comp. — arTaH a poetical thought or idea. °cOraH a robber of the ideas of another poet, a plagiarist; yadasya dEtyA iva luMWanAya kAvyArTacOrAH praguRIBavaMti Vikr. 1. 11. — cOraH a stealer of other men's poems. — mImAMsakaH a rhetorician, critic. — rasika a. one who has a taste for and can appreciate the beauties of poetry. — liMgaM a figure of speech; thus defined: - kAvyaliMgaM hetorvAkyapadArTatA K. P. 10 ; e. g. jitosi maMda kaMdarpa maccitte'sti trilocanaH Chandr. 5. 119. — hAsyaM a farce.