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'Maha kavya' simply means 'Great poem' or 'Large poem' or ... 'Epic poem', where 'kavya' means 'poem'. So, for your intended use case, I'd suggest saying 'maha
by pritambaral 6y ago
'Maha kavya' simply means 'Great poem' or 'Large poem' or ... 'Epic poem', where 'kavya' means 'poem'.
So, for your intended use case, I'd suggest saying 'maha' instead of 'mahakavya' since that is closer in semantics to your intention.
- sa1 6y agomaha is just an adjective, epic is both an adjective and a noun. That usage is correct.
- pritambaral 6y agoY̶e̶s̶,̶ ̶b̶u̶t̶ ̶w̶h̶e̶n̶ ̶p̶e̶o̶p̶l̶e̶ ̶e̶x̶c̶l̶a̶i̶m̶ ̶'̶E̶p̶i̶c̶!̶'̶ ̶—̶ ̶w̶h̶i̶c̶h̶ ̶i̶s̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶u̶s̶a̶g̶e̶ ̶I̶'̶d̶ ̶w̶a̶g̶e̶r̶ ̶m̶y̶ ̶p̶a̶r̶e̶n̶t̶ ̶w̶a̶s̶ ̶r̶e̶f̶e̶r̶r̶i̶n̶g̶ ̶t̶o̶ ̶—̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶y̶'̶r̶e̶ ̶u̶s̶i̶n̶g̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶a̶d̶j̶e̶c̶t̶i̶v̶e̶ ̶f̶o̶r̶m̶ ̶a̶n̶d̶ ̶n̶o̶t̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶n̶o̶u̶n̶ ̶f̶o̶r̶m̶;̶ ̶i̶.̶e̶.̶,̶ ̶t̶o̶ ̶d̶e̶s̶c̶r̶i̶b̶e̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶m̶a̶g̶n̶i̶t̶u̶d̶e̶ ̶o̶f̶ ̶a̶w̶e̶s̶o̶m̶e̶n̶e̶s̶s̶ ̶o̶f̶ ̶w̶h̶a̶t̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶y̶'̶v̶e̶ ̶j̶u̶s̶t̶ ̶w̶i̶t̶n̶e̶s̶s̶e̶d̶,̶ ̶a̶n̶d̶ ̶n̶o̶t̶ ̶t̶o̶ ̶c̶a̶l̶l̶ ̶i̶t̶ ̶a̶ ̶'̶g̶r̶e̶a̶t̶ ̶p̶o̶e̶m̶'̶,̶ ̶o̶r̶ ̶a̶n̶y̶ ̶p̶o̶e̶m̶ ̶o̶f̶ ̶a̶n̶y̶ ̶s̶i̶z̶e̶,̶ ̶f̶o̶r̶ ̶t̶h̶a̶t̶ ̶m̶a̶t̶t̶e̶r̶.̶ EDIT: Nvm, I was unfamiliar with the Scrum term.
- ThePadawan 6y agoAn "epic" (noun) is a Scrum term for a collection of stories. I'd say that was the intended usage.