"kavya" meaning in English

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Noun

Etymology: From Sanskrit काव्य (kāvyá). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|sa|काव्य|tr=kāvyá}} Sanskrit काव्य (kāvyá) Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} kavya (uncountable)
  1. (poetry) A highly artificial Sanskrit literary style used by Indian court poets in the early centuries AD. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Poetry
    Sense id: en-kavya-en-noun-6eTUvghs Topics: communications, journalism, literature, media, poetry, publishing, writing
  2. (by extension) poetry (especially in a classical style) in the literatures of India's modern languages Tags: broadly, uncountable
    Sense id: en-kavya-en-noun-BESR4059 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 30 70

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