Kavya
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