Adikavi

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Adikavi is an honorific title meaning "first poet," traditionally bestowed on pioneering or foundational poets in a literary tradition.

All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Adikavi canonical 2
Adi Kavi 1
Adi Kavi (first poet) 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (25)

Predicate Object
instanceOf honorific title ⓘ
literary title ⓘ
adiMeans first ⓘ
appliedTo foundational poets ⓘ
pioneering poets ⓘ
associatedWith Sanskrit literature ⓘ
regional Indian literatures ⓘ
category honorifics in literature ⓘ
connotation high literary esteem ⓘ
primacy in poetic tradition ⓘ
culturalContext South Asian literature ⓘ
denotes the earliest major poet in a tradition ⓘ
etymologyComponent adi ⓘ
kavi ⓘ
function to recognize the first major poet of a literary tradition ⓘ
kaviMeans poet ⓘ
language Sanskrit-derived term ⓘ
meaning first poet ⓘ
originCulture Indic cultural sphere ⓘ
scope poets regarded as originators of a genre or canon ⓘ
scriptVariant often written as "Ādikavi" in transliteration ⓘ
titleFor Valmiki in many Indian traditions ⓘ
early canonical poets in various languages ⓘ
usedAs epithet for revered poets ⓘ
usedIn Indian literary traditions ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Pampa → honorificTitle → Adikavi ⓘ
Valmiki → veneratedAs → Adi Kavi ⓘ
linked to: Adikavi
Adikavi Pampa → honorificTitle → Ādikavi ⓘ
linked to: Adikavi
Valmiki Jayanti → honoursRole → Adi Kavi (first poet) ⓘ
linked to: Adikavi
Du Gongbu → hasHonorificTitle → Poet-Sage ⓘ
linked to: Adikavi