Kavī, Kavi [Vedic kavi] a poet S I 38; II 267; Dāṭh I 10; four classes enumerated at A II 230 and Sv I 95, viz. 1. cintā° an original poet 2. suta° one who puts into verse what he Las heard. 3. attha° a didactic poet 4. paṭibhāṇa° an improvisor. -kata composed by poets S II 267; A I 72.