Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun In Skt. lit., a great or classical poem (a term specifically applied to six particular poems.)

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  • If the intentions of the writer were to write a poem or a work of fiction, he would have stated it to be a "mahakavya" or "katha".

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