महाकाव्य
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Sanskrit
[edit]Etymology
[edit]महत् (mahat, “great”) + काव्य (kāvya, “court poem”)
Noun
[edit]महाकाव्य • (mahākāvya) stem, n
- great or classical court poem, particularly as applied to Kalidasa's Raghuvamsa, Kumārasambhava, and Meghadūta; Magha's Śiśupālavadha; Bharavi's Kirātārjunīya; and Śriharsha's Naiṣadhacarita; also sometimes to Bhaṭṭikāvya. (Kāvyād., Pratāp.,)
Declension
[edit]Neuter a-stem declension of महाकाव्य | |||
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Nom. sg. | महाकाव्यम् (mahākāvyam) | ||
Gen. sg. | महाकाव्यस्य (mahākāvyasya) | ||
Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | महाकाव्यम् (mahākāvyam) | महाकाव्ये (mahākāvye) | महाकाव्यानि (mahākāvyāni) |
Vocative | महाकाव्य (mahākāvya) | महाकाव्ये (mahākāvye) | महाकाव्यानि (mahākāvyāni) |
Accusative | महाकाव्यम् (mahākāvyam) | महाकाव्ये (mahākāvye) | महाकाव्यानि (mahākāvyāni) |
Instrumental | महाकाव्येन (mahākāvyena) | महाकाव्याभ्याम् (mahākāvyābhyām) | महाकाव्यैः (mahākāvyaiḥ) |
Dative | महाकाव्याय (mahākāvyāya) | महाकाव्याभ्याम् (mahākāvyābhyām) | महाकाव्येभ्यः (mahākāvyebhyaḥ) |
Ablative | महाकाव्यात् (mahākāvyāt) | महाकाव्याभ्याम् (mahākāvyābhyām) | महाकाव्येभ्यः (mahākāvyebhyaḥ) |
Genitive | महाकाव्यस्य (mahākāvyasya) | महाकाव्ययोः (mahākāvyayoḥ) | महाकाव्यानाम् (mahākāvyānām) |
Locative | महाकाव्ये (mahākāvye) | महाकाव्ययोः (mahākāvyayoḥ) | महाकाव्येषु (mahākāvyeṣu) |
Descendants
[edit]- Tamil: மகாகாவியம் (makākāviyam)
- Thai: มหากาพย์ (má-hǎa-gàap)
References
[edit]- Monier Williams (1899) “महाकाव्य”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0795.