The corpus record — Sanskrit

kaviṃ

Aufseher, Hirte

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Where it lives

Bhagavad Gita 2 · 2.33/10k

What it meant — Monier-Williams

1. كَثِ-

kavi- m. Seher; viell. auch "Aufseher, Hirte’; Weiser, Dichter (RV +; selten, wie in RV 1,151,7, Adj. ‘weise’ [fraglich, s. Neisser 2,56]; vgl. Neisser, 2.2.0. S6f. [mit Lit], Kui, IIJ 13 [1972] 284); Kavıtara- weiser, ‘kavi-hafter’ {(RV +), kavıtamaweisest (RV; zum Akzent s. AiGr II 2,608); kavitva- n., kavitvand- n. Weisheit, Sehertum (RV); kaviy’ wie ein kavi- handeln (RV); kawya- weise, seherhaft, m. eine … — [Mayrhofer, s.v. kavi-, p. 383]

2. كَثِ

kavi mfn. (√ 1. kū cf. 2. kava, ākūta, ākūti, kāvya, Naigh. iii, 15 ; Nir. xii, 13 ; Uṇ. iv, 138 ) gifted with insight, intelligent, knowing, enlightened, wise, sensible, prudent, skilful, cunning

In the wild

kaviḥ Bhagavad Gita 10.37
kaviṃ Bhagavad Gita 8.9

Where it came from

Mayrhofer, Etymologisches Worterbuch des Altindoarischen (EWAia) Treated in Mayrhofer, Etymologisches Worterbuch des Altindoarischen (EWAia) s.v. kavi (vol. 1, scan pp. 383-384; entry #4474).

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