Kavya
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In the artistic sense, kavya refers to a highly artificial Sanskrit literary style used by Indian court poets in the early centuries of AD. This style employs figures of speech, metaphors, similes and hyberboles to create a certain emotional effect similar to the sonnets of Elizabethan England. Kavya found it uses in short lyrical works, court epics, narratives and drama.
Kavya's creation is attributed to Asvaghosa (80?-150? AD), a philosoper and poet who is also considered the father of Sanskrit drama.
Kavya is a popular first name for an Indian girl. It means a sonnet.
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