Kavya

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Kavya (Sanskrit कव्य "wise" or काव्य kāvya "poetic") denotes:

  • Kāvya , a form of courtly Sanskrit poetry from the 1st to 7th centuries
  • in Hinduism a sacrifice for the ancestors, see Havya
  • a female first name in India, see Kavya (first name)

in Indian mythology:

  • Kavya (deity) , a class of deities
  • Kavya (Pitri) , a class of Pitris
  • a patronymic of the seer Ushanas , one of the seven Rishis of the fourth Manvantara, who was identified with the planetary deity Shukra