kāma (m)

Meanings

• a kind of bean
• a particular form of temple
• a species of mango tree
• a stake in gambling
• affection
• Artemisia vulgaris Linn.
• desire
• desire for
• enjoyment
• especially sexual love or sensuality
• longing
• longing after
• love
• Love or Desire personified
• name of a metre consisting of four lines of two long syllables each
• name of Agni
• name of Baladeva
• name of several men
• name of the god of love
• name of Viṣṇu
• object of desire or of love or of pleasure
• pleasure
• wish

Sememes

• sexual intercourse [1]
• thorn apple [1]
• sexual arousal [1]
• wish [1]
• desire [1]
• sexual love [12]
• sexual desire [3]
• desire [5]
• Kama [3]

References

All references
Bhāvaprakāśa	2
Rasamañjarī	2
Rasaprakāśasudhākara	3
Rasaratnasamuccaya	3
Rasaratnākara	7
Rasasaṃketakalikā	1
Rasārṇava	7
Rasendracintāmaṇi	6