Adikavi, Ādikavi, Adi-kavi: 9 definitions
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchĀdikavi (आदिकवि):—(ā + ka) m. der Urdichter, ein Beiname Brahman's [Bhāgavatapurāṇa im Śabdakalpadruma] Vālmīki’s [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 846,] [Scholiast] — Vgl. ādikāvya .
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungĀdikavi (आदिकवि):—m. Beiname —
1) Brahman's. —
2) Vālmīki's.
Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
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Kavyamimamsa of Rajasekhara (Study) (by Debabrata Barai)
Part 2.1 - Genesis of Kāvya-puruṣa and metrical composition < [Chapter 5 - Analyasis and Interpretations of the Kāvyamīmāṃsā]
Part 7.5 - Poetic conventions regarding to the Trees and Plants < [Chapter 5 - Analyasis and Interpretations of the Kāvyamīmāṃsā]
Part 23 - The story of kāvya-puruṣa by Rājaśekhara < [Chapter 2 - A General Outlines of Sanskrit Poetics]
Hanuman Nataka (critical study) (by Nurima Yeasmin)
Source of the Plot < [Chapter 3]
Studies and Sketches – A Review < [January 1951]
“Lakshmana” and “Sita” Episode: Version of Toru Dutt & Some Developments till date < [Jan. – Mar. 1991 & Apr. – Jun. 1991]
Who is Valmiki, The Author of ‘The Ramayana’? < [July – September, 1998]
The backdrop of the Srikanthacarita and the Mankhakosa (by Dhrubajit Sarma)
Part 1 - Sanskrit kāvya and its definitions < [Chapter I - Introduction]
Puranic encyclopaedia (by Vettam Mani)
Ramayana of Valmiki (by Hari Prasad Shastri)
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