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कवि mfn. mfn. (√ 1.कूcf. 2.कव, आ॑कूत, आ॑कूति, काव्य, [Naigh. iii, 15] ; [Nir. xii, 13] ; [Uṇ. iv, 138] ) gifted with insight, intelligent, knowing, enlightened, wise, sensible, prudent, skilful, cunning कवि m. m. a thinker, intelligent man, man of understanding, leader a wise man, sage, seer, prophet a singer, bard, poet (but in this sense without any technical application in the वेद), [RV.] ; [VS.] ; [TS.] ; [AV.] ; [ŚBr. i, 4, 2, 8] ; [KaṭhUp. iii, 14] ; [MBh.] ; [Bhag.] ; [BhāgP.] ; [Mn. vii, 49] ; [R.] ; [Ragh.] N. of several gods, ( esp. ) of अग्नि, [RV. ii, 23, 1; x, 5, 4, 3; iii, 5, 1; i, 31, 2; 76, 5] of वरुण, इन्द्र, the अश्विन्s, मरुत्s, आदित्यs of the सोमof the सोम priest and other sacrificers (probably) N. of a particular poet अङ्गिरस् cf. ( [Mn. ii, 151] ) and उश॑नस् ( [Bhag. x, 37] ) of the ancient sages or patriarchs (as spirits now surrounding the sun) of the ऋभुs (as skilful in contrivance) of पूषन् (as leader or guider) N. of a son of ब्रह्मा, [MBh. xiii, 4123, 4142-4150] of ब्रह्मा, [W.] of a son of भृगु and father of शुक्र, [MBh. i, 2606] ( cf. 3204; [BhāgP. iv, 1, 45 and] ; [Kull.] on [Mn. iii, 198] ) that of शुक्र (regent of the planet Venus and preceptor of the demons), [Rājat. iv, 495] of the planet Venus, [NBD.] of the sons of several मनुs, [Hariv.] ; [BhāgP.] ; [VP.] of a son of कौशिक and pupil of गर्ग, [Hariv.] of a son of ऋषभ, [BhāgP.] of वाल्मीकि, [L.] a keeper or herd, [RV. vii, 18, 8] कवष् ( fig. ) N. of the gates of the sacrificial enclosure, [TS. v, 11, 1, 2] ( cf. ) the sun, [W.] of various men the soul in the सांख्य philosophy Comm. a cunning fighter, [L.] an owl, [L.] कवि f. f(इस्, or ई, [W.] ). the bit of a bridle, [L.] कविका the reins ( cf. ), [W.] कम्बि a ladle ( cf. ), [L.]
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