As a deity name
Name 783 of the Saraswati Sahasranāma — Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Brahma / Sages
As a Hindi name
No reading on this path — this spelling has no entry in our Hindi sources, and no near neighbour is attested there either. We say so rather than invent one.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
intelligence
Scripturally attestedWhy this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "kāvyāyai" is the dative of "kāvyā" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
M1 · same meaning "kāvyāyai" is the dative of "kāvya" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Related forms
Dictionary citations
kāvyā (ā), f. intelligence, L.
N. of a female fiend (= pūtanā), L.
kāvya mfn. (fr. kavi), endowed with the qualities of a sage or poet, descended or coming from a sage, prophetic, inspired, poetical, RV. i, 117, 12; viii, 8, 11; VS.; AV.
[id., RV. v, 39, 5; x, 144, 2; VS.]
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