Kavi or Kavya is another name of Sukra, the preceptor of the Daityas.

Usanas became Sukra by having gratified the god of gods.

Tandi communicated it to Sukra, and Sukra of Bhrigu's race communicated it to Gautama.

Then Sukra, that vast receptacle of Brahma, became his priest.

In Hindu mythology, Sukra is a male person, the preceptor of the Daityas and Asuras.

Their names are Chyavana, Vajrasirsha, Suchi, Urva, Sukra, that giver of boons, Vibhu, and Savana.

The high-souled Kavi (Sukra) had performed his ascetic penances there.

If ajnabhih be taken as the reading it would mean 'at the repeated commands of Sukra.'

By Sukra is meant that which helps that seed to grow or put forth its rudiments.

Beyond these, are three others, named Vidhi, Sukra, and Vala, that make the tale reach thirty.

Possessed of the splendour of an immortal, for what reason did Usanas obtain the name of Sukra?

Sukra then, with joined hands, approached Vrihaspati.

Bhrigu's son (Sukra) first acquired the science of morality that is so beneficial for the universe.

Indeed, the chief of the Daityas put this high question to Sukra, that most learned of all ascetics.

Sukra, the descendant of Bhrigu, obtained a knowledge of it by means of spiritual sight acquired through penances.

While residing there, Sukra meditated upon the war of the Daityas and the Danavas (with the gods).