The History of Indian Literature c9.47

c9.47

∗ The words *kavi*, in the sense of 'singer, poet,' and *kávya*, in that of 'song, poem,' are repeatedly used in the Veda, but without any technical application; see *Vájas. Saṃh. Spec.*, ii. 187 [*trayí vai vidyá kávyam chhandas*, Śat., viii. 5. 2. 4].