महाकाव्य

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts
  • মহাকাৱ্য (Assamese script)
  • ᬫᬳᬵᬓᬵᬯ᭄ᬬ (Balinese script)
  • মহাকাব্য (Bengali script)
  • 𑰦𑰮𑰯𑰎𑰯𑰪𑰿𑰧 (Bhaiksuki script)
  • 𑀫𑀳𑀸𑀓𑀸𑀯𑁆𑀬 (Brahmi script)
  • မဟာကာဝျ (Burmese script)
  • મહાકાવ્ય (Gujarati script)
  • ਮਹਾਕਾਵ੍ਯ (Gurmukhi script)
  • 𑌮𑌹𑌾𑌕𑌾𑌵𑍍𑌯 (Grantha script)
  • ꦩꦲꦴꦏꦴꦮꦾ (Javanese script)
  • 𑂧𑂯𑂰𑂍𑂰𑂫𑂹𑂨 (Kaithi script)
  • ಮಹಾಕಾವ್ಯ (Kannada script)
  • មហាកាវ្យ (Khmer script)
  • ມຫາກາວ຺ຍ (Lao script)
  • മഹാകാവ്യ (Malayalam script)
  • ᠮᠠᡥᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᡬᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᠸᠶᠠ (Manchu script)
  • 𑘦𑘮𑘰𑘎𑘰𑘪𑘿𑘧 (Modi script)
  • ᠮᠠᠾᠠᢗᢉᠠᢗᠸᠶ᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
  • 𑧆𑧎𑧑𑦮𑧑𑧊𑧠𑧇 (Nandinagari script)
  • 𑐩𑐴𑐵𑐎𑐵𑐰𑑂𑐫 (Newa script)
  • ମହାକାଵ୍ଯ (Odia script)
  • ꢪꢲꢵꢒꢵꢮ꣄ꢫ (Saurashtra script)
  • 𑆩𑆲𑆳𑆑𑆳𑆮𑇀𑆪 (Sharada script)
  • 𑖦𑖮𑖯𑖎𑖯𑖪𑖿𑖧 (Siddham script)
  • මහාකාව්‍ය (Sinhalese script)
  • 𑩴𑪂𑩛𑩜𑩛𑩾 𑪙𑩻 (Soyombo script)
  • 𑚢𑚩𑚭𑚊𑚭𑚦𑚶𑚣 (Takri script)
  • மஹாகாவ்ய (Tamil script)
  • మహాకావ్య (Telugu script)
  • มหากาวฺย (Thai script)
  • མ་ཧཱ་ཀཱ་ཝྱ (Tibetan script)
  • 𑒧𑒯𑒰𑒏𑒰𑒫𑓂𑒨 (Tirhuta script)
  • 𑨢𑨱𑨊𑨋𑨊𑨭𑩇𑨪 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

महत् (mahat, “great”) +‎ काव्य (kāvya, “court poem”)

Noun

महाकाव्य • (mahākāvya) stem, n

  1. 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

Neuter a-stem declension of महाकाव्य
singular dual plural
nominative महाकाव्यम् (mahākāvyam) 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)
vocative महाकाव्य (mahākāvya) महाकाव्ये (mahākāvye) महाकाव्यानि (mahākāvyāni)

Descendants

  • Tamil: மகாகாவியம் (makākāviyam)
  • Thai: มหากาพย์ (má-hǎa-gàap)

References

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