Kama

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Kama \Ka"ma\ (k[aum]"m[aum]), n. [Skr. k[=a]ma love, the god of
     love.]
     1. The Hindu Cupid. He is represented as a beautiful youth,
        with a bow of sugar cane or flowers.
        [1913 Webster]
  


     2. Desire; animal passion;
  
     Note: supposed to create the
  
     {ka"ma ru"pa} (r[=oo]p[.a]) [Skr. r[=u]pa shape, image], a
        kind of simulacrum or astral likeness of a man which
        exists after his death in an invisible plane of being,
        called
  
     {ka"ma lo"ca} (l[=o]"k[.a]) [Skr. l[=o]ka space, world],
        until the impulses which created it are exhausted and it
        finally fades away.
        [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Kama
       n : god of love and erotic desire; opposite of Mara

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  53 Moby Thesaurus words for "Kama":
     Agni, Amor, Aphrodite, Astarte, Asvins, Avalokita, Bhairava,
     Bhairavi, Brahma, Chandi, Cupid, Daksha, Devaki, Devi, Dharma,
     Dharti Mai, Durga, Dyaus, Eros, Freya, Ganapati, Ganesa, Ganesha,
     Garuda, Hanuman, Himavat, Indra, Kali, Kamsa, Karttikeya, Lakshmi,
     Love, Parjanya, Parvati, Pushan, Rahu, Rhibhus, Rudra, Sarasvati,
     Savitar, Shiva, Sita, Soma, Surya, Uma, Ushas, Vaja, Varuna,
     Varuni, Vayu, Venus, Vishnu, Yama