Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Kama"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Kama \Ka"ma\, n. [Skr. k[=a]ma love, the god of love.]
The Hindoo Cupid. He is represented as a beautiful youth,
with a bow of sugar cane or flowers.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Kama \Ka"ma\ (k[aum]"m[aum]), n. (Theosophy)
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
Kama
n : god of love and erotic desire; opposite of Mara [syn: {Kama}]
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