Kavindra

Kavindra meaning

Kavindra (कवीन्द्र) is a Hindu boy's name of Sanskrit origin.

A prince among poets

Also used to mean: king of poets, lord of poets

Kavindra (कवीन्द्र) is the Sanskrit kavīndra, "a prince of poets", made from kavi, "poet, sage", and indra, which at the end of a compound means "chief" or "best of". Name lists give "king of poets" or "lord of poets", which is the same idea. In medieval India it was also a title: the Bengali poet Kavīndra Parameśvara, who wrote a Bengali Mahābhārata, and the seventeenth-century scholar Kavīndrācārya Sarasvatī of Varanasi were both known by it. Punjabi speakers often spell it Kavinder.

Source: Monier-Williams, Sanskrit–English Dictionary (1899), p. 264 · entry kavīndra · See the entry · checked 25 Oct 2026

References: Monier-Williams, kavīndra, p. 264 · Wikipedia, Kavindra Parameshwar

Famous namesakes

• Kavindra Parameshvara, medieval Bengali poet

Fits your syllable

First sound क

Mrigashira nakshatra, pada 3 · Mithun rashi

This exact sound isn't in the table; the closest is का, which differs only in vowel length. North Indian table. Tables vary by region and family tradition, so confirm with your priest.

Spellings

Kavindra · Kavinder

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