wish, desire, longing, affection, love, the object of desire or love, and the god of love
काम (kāma) [Printed book page 0219-c] काम (kāma) kāma, as, m. (fr. 2.
kam), wish, desire,
longing (e. g.
prāpta-kāma, one who has gained
his wish), affection, love, the object of desire or love,
the god of desire generally; Love, the god of love
(son of Dharma and husband of Rati or, according
to other authorities, son of Brahmā or Saṅkalpa); a
N. of Agni in the Veda (either because he desires to
consume all things or because he makes requests to
the gods in behalf of man); a N. of Bala-deva [cf.
kāma-pāla]; a species of the mango tree (
= mahā- rāja-cūta); N. of a metre consisting of four lines of
two long syllables each; N. of a prince; (at the end
of compounds) having a desire for, desiring (e. g.
go-kāma, desiring cows;
dharma-kāma, desiring
justice;
tyaktu-kāma, having a desire to leave; see
Gram. 871). After the phrase
kāmo me, ‘my desire
is,’ the potential may be used; e. g.
kāmo me bhuñjīta bhavān, my wish is that you should eat;
(
ā), f. wish, desire [cf.
kāmayā]; N. of a daughter
of Pṛthu-śravas and wife of Ayuta-nāyin; (
am), n.
object of desire; semen virile; N. of a Tīrtha; (
as, ā, am), Ved. wishing, desiring.
Kāmena or
kāmāt, ind. out of affection or love for, of one's own accord,
intentionally;
kāmāya or
kāme, ind. according to
one's desire; out of love for (with gen. or dat. case).
—Kāma-karśana in
a-kāma-karśana, q. v.
—Kā- ma-kalā, f. an epithet of Rati, the wife of Kāma.
—Kāma-kāti, is, is, i, Ved. requesting the fulfil-
ment of a wish; (Sāy.) uttering wishes.
—Kāma- kāma, as, ā, am, or
kāma-kāmin, ī, inī, i, wish-
ing wishes; following the dictates of passion or desire.
—Kāma-kāra, as, m. voluntary action, the act of
following one's own inclinations, spontaneous deed;
the operation or influence of desire, desire; (
as, ī, am), following one's own inclinations, indulging one's
desires.
—Kāmakāra-tas, ind. according to one's
desires or inclinations.
—Kāma-kūṭa, as, m. the
paramour of a harlot; wanton caresses, harlotry.
—Kāma-keli, is, m. amorous sport, a euphemistic
term for sexual intercourse; (
is, is, i), having amo-
rous sport, libidinous, wanton.
—Kāma-krīḍā, f.
amorous sport, N. of a metre consisting of four lines
of fifteen long syllables each.
—Kāma-khaḍga-dalā, f., N. of a plant; [cf.
svarṇa-ketakī.]
—Kāma-ga, as, ā, am, going or coming of one's own accord, able
to move or act as one pleases; (
ā), f. a libidinous
woman.
—Kāma-gati, is, is, i, or
kāma-gama, as, ā, am, or
kāma-gāmin, ī, inī, i, = kāma-ga above;
(
kāma-gamās), m. pl., N. of a class of deities of
the eleventh Manvantara.
—Kāma-giri, is, m., N.
of a mountain.
—Kāma-guṇa, as, m. the quality of
desire, passion, affection; satiety, perfect enjoyment;
an object of sense.
—Kāma-cara, as, ā, am, mov-
ing freely, unchecked, unrestrained.
—Kāma-caraṇa, am, n. free or unchecked motion.
—Kāmacara-tva, am, n. unrestrainedness.
—Kāma-cāra, as, ā, am, moving freely, following one's own pleasure, un-
checked, unrestrained; (
as), m. free, unrestrained
motion; independant, spontaneous action; following
one's own wishes or pleasures, sensuality, selfishness.
—Kāmacāra-tas, ind. according to one's inclina-
tion.
—Kāma-cārin, ī, iṇī, i, moving according to
one's inclination, acting unrestrainedly; behaving
freely towards women, desirous, libidinous; self-
willed; (
as), m. a sparrow; an epithet of Garuḍa,
the bird of Viṣṇu.
—Kāma-ja, as, ā, am, produced
or caused by passion or desire; (a son) engendered in
love; (
as), m. the son of Kāma, i. e. Aniruddha.
—Kāma-jāna, as, m. or (according to another
reading)
kāma-jani, is, m. the Indian cuckoo; [cf.
Page0220-a+ 81 kāma-tāla.]
—Kāma-jāla = kāma-tāla.
—Kāma- jit, t, t, t, conquering desire; an epithet of Skanda.
—Kāma-jyeṣṭha, as, ā, am, Ved. having desire
(personified) at the head; led by Kāma.
—Kāma- tantra, N. of a work.
—Kāma-taru, us, m. the
god of love considered as a tree or parasitical plant;
[cf.
kāma-vṛkṣa.]
—Kāma-tas, ind. according to
wish or affection, passionately, from passion or feel-
ing (opposed to
dharma-tas); of one's own accord,
willingly, intentionally, by consent.
—Kāma-tāla, as, m. the Indian cuckoo, (the song of this bird being
poetically considered as an incentive to love.)
—Kāma- da, as, ā, am, giving what is wished, granting de-
sires; an epithet of the sun, and of Skanda; (
ā), f.
a fabulous cow, the cow of plenty; N. of a woman.
—Kāma-dattā, f. title of a work.
—Kāma-dattikā, f., N. of a woman.
—Kāma-daminī, f. ‘taming
love,’ N. of a libidinous woman in the Pañcatantra.
—Kāma-dambhaka, as, m., N. of a man.
—Kā- ma-darśana, as, ī, am, looking lovely.
—Kāma- dugha, as, ā, am, milking all desires, i. e. yielding
what one wishes; (
ā), f. the cow of plenty, a fabu-
lous cow yielding all desires.
—Kāma-duh, -dhuk, f. and
kāma-duhā, f. the cow of plenty.
—Kāma- dūtikā, f. the plant Tiaridium Indicum.
—Kāma- dūtī, f. the female of the Indian cuckoo; the plant
Bignonia Suaveolens.
—Kāma-deva, as, m. the god
of love (according to some authorities a son of
Sahiṣṇu and Yaśo-dharā); also a N. of Śiva; N.
of a poet; N. of a king of Jayantīpurī; N. of the
author of the Prāyaścitta-paddhati.
—Kāma-dohin, ī, inī, i, yielding desires; an epithet of the cow of
plenty, which belonged to Vasisṭha.
—Kāma-dha- raṇa, am, n., Ved. procuring what is desired, fulfil-
ment of desire.
—Kāma-dhātu, us, m. the region
of the wishes, the seat of the Kāmāvacaras.
—Kāma- dhenu, us, f. the cow of plenty, a cow belonging to
the sage Vasiṣṭha, yielding all desires; title of a
commentary of Vopadeva on his Kavi-kalpadruma,
also called Kāvya-kāmadhenu.
—Kāmadhenu-tan- tra, am, n. title of a work on the mystical significa-
tion of the letters of the alphabet.
—Kāma-dhvaṃsin, ī, m. an epithet of Śiva as ‘subduing the god of love.’
—Kāma-nāśaka, as, ikā, am, destroying irregular
desires, subduing any sensual appetite.
—Kāman- dhamin, ī, m. a brazier; [cf.
kārandhamin.]
—Kāma-pati, is, m. the lord of desires.
—Kāma- patnī, f. the wife of Kāma, i. e. Rati.
—Kāma- pāla, as, m. epithet of Bala-deva; also of Śiva; N.
of a man.
—Kāma-pīḍita, as, ā, am, tormented
with lust or irregular desires.
—Kāma-pūra, as, ā, am, fulfilling wishes, granting desires.
—Kāma-pra, as, ā, am, Ved. granting desires; (
am), n. the fulfil-
ling of a desire.
—Kāma-prada, as, ā, am, granting
desires; (
as), m. a kind of coitus.
—Kāma-praśna, as, m. questioning as one pleases, asking unrestrain-
edly.
—Kāma-prastha, as, m., N. of a town.
—Kāmapri, is, m. (fr.
kāma-pra), Ved. a patro-
nymic of Marutta; (Sāy.) ‘whose wishes are ful-
filled.’
—Kāma-phala, as, m. a species of the
mango tree.
—Kāma-baddha, as, ā, am, bound by
love; (
am), n. a wood.
—Kāma-bhakṣa or
kā- ma-bhakṣya, as, ā, am, eating anything or every-
thing.
—Kāma-bhāj, k, k, k, partaking of sensual
enjoyment.
—Kāma-bhoga, as, m. gratification of
desires, sensual gratification (always used in plur.).
—Kāma-mañjarī, f., N. of a woman.
—Kāma- maya, as, ī, am, consisting of desire, answering all
desires.
—Kāma-mardana, as, m. epithet of Śiva,
‘the destroyer of the god of love.’
—Kāma-maha, as, m. the festival of the god of love (on the day of
full moon in month Caitra or March-April).
—Kā- ma-mālin, ī, m. epithet of Gaṇeśa.
—Kāma-mūḍha, as, ā, am, infatuated by lust.
—Kāma-mūta, as, ā, am, Ved. strongly affected by love.
—Kāma- mohita, as, ā, am, overcome by or intoxicated
with desire, love, or passion.
—Kāma-rasa, as, m.
seminal effusion.
—Kāma-rasika, as, ī, am, libidi-
nous.
—Kāma-rāja, as, m., N. of a poet.
—Kāma- rūpa, am, n. a shape changing at will; (
as, ā, am),
taking any shape at will; beautiful, pleasing; (
as or
Page0220-b+ 81 ās), m. sing. or pl. a district lying east of Bengal, the
western portion of Assam.
—Kāmarūpa-dhara, as, ā, am, taking any shape at will.
—Kāmarūpa-pati, is, m., N. of a commentary on the work Śāradā-
tilaka.
—Kāmarūpin, ī, iṇī, i, taking any shape at
will; pleasing, beautiful; (
ī), m. a pole-cat; a boar;
a Vidyādhara, a kind of subordinate deity; (
iṇī), f.
the plant Physalis Flexuosa.
—Kāma-rekhā, f. a harlot,
a courtezan; [cf.
kāma-lekhā.]
—Kāma-latā, f. mem-
brum virile; the plant Ipomœa.
—Kāma-lekhā, f. a
harlot, a courtezan; [cf.
kāma-rekhā.]
—Kāma-lola, as, ā, am, overcome with desire or passion.
—Kāma- vat, ān, atī, at, being in love, enamoured, wanton; con-
taining the word Kāma; (
tī), f. a species of Curcuma
[cf.
dāru-haridrā]; N. of a town.
—Kāma-vara, as, m. a gift chosen at will.
—Kāma-vallabha, as, m. spring; the mango tree; (
ā), f. moonlight.
—Kāma-vaśa, as, m. subjection to love.
—Kāma- vaśya, as, ā, am, being in subjection to the god of
love, enamoured.
—Kāma-vāṇa, as, m. an arrow of
Kāma-deva, the deity of love.
—Kāma-vāda, as, ā, am, saying anything at pleasure.
—Kāma-vāsin, ī, inī, i, choosing one's residence at will.
—Kāma- viddha, as, ā, am, wounded by the god of love;
(
as), m., N. of a man.
—Kāma-vihantṛ, tā, trī, tṛ, disappointing desires.
—Kāma-vīrya, as, ā, am, displaying heroism at will, an epithet of Garuḍa.
—Kāma-vṛkṣa, as, m. a parisitical plant
(= van- dāka).
—Kāma-vṛtta, as, ā, am, indulging desires,
licentious, dissipated, debauched.
—Kāma-vṛddhi, is, f. increase of desire or passion; (
is, is, i), in-
creasing love; (
is), m. a shrub, called in Karṇāṭaka
Kāma-ja, of supposed aphrodisiac properties.
—Kā- ma-vṛntā, f. the trumpet flower, Bignonia Suave-
olens.
—Kāma-śara, as, m. love's shaft; the mango
tree.
—Kāma-śāstra, am, n. a manual of pleasure
or of love, title of a work of Vātsyāyana.
—Kāma- saṃyoga, as, m. attainment of desired objects.
—Kāma-sakha, as, m. spring; the month Caitra;
the mango tree.
—Kāma-samūha, as, m., N. of a
work of Ananta.
—Kāma-suta, as, m. the son of
Kāma-deva, god of love, i. e. Aniruddha.
—Kāma- sū, ūs, ūs, u, granting wishes.
—Kāma-sūtra, N. of
a love-manual by Vātsyāyana.
—Kāma-sena, as, m., N. of a king of Kāmavatī; (
ā), f. the wife of
Nidhipati.
—Kāma-haituka, as, ī, am, caused or
produced by mere desire, without any real cause; of
one's own accord.
—Kāmākṣī (°ma-ak°), f. a form
of Durgā.
—Kāmākhyā (°ma-ākh°), f. a form of
Durgā.
—Kāmāgni (°ma-ag°), is, m. the fire of
love, passion, lust, violent desire.
—Kāmāgni-sandī- pana, am, n. kindling the fire of lust, an aphro-
disiac.
—Kāmāṅkuśa (°ma-aṅ°), as, m. a finger-
nail; the membrum virile.
—Kāmāṅga (°ma-aṅ°), as, m. the mango tree, Mangifera Indica.
—Kāmā- tura (°ma-āt°), as, ā, am, love-sick, in love, affected
by love or desire.
—Kāmātma-tā, f. passion, lust;
wish, desire.
—Kāmātman (°ma-āt°), ā, ā, a, whose
very essence is desire, consisting of desire, libidi-
nous, licentious; desiring, wishing for; enamoured.
—Kāmādhikāra (°ma-adh°), as, m. the influence
of passion or desire, aspiration; that part of a Śāstra
which relates to human wishes or desires.
—Kāmā- dhiṣṭhita (°ma-adh°), as, ā, am, influenced or
overcome by love.
—Kāmānala (°ma-an°), as, m. the fire of love, passion, lust, violent desire.
—Kāmāndha (°ma-an°), as, m. the Indian cuckoo
(blind from love); (
ā), f. musk.
—Kāmānnin (°ma- an°), ī, inī, i, having food at will.
—Kāmābhi- kāma (°ma-abh°), as, ā, am, lustful.
—Kāmāyudha (°ma-āy°), am, n. the weapon or arrow of the god
of love; membrum virile; (
as), m. a species of the
mango tree.
—Kāmāyus (°ma-āy°), us, m. a vul-
ture; an epithet of Garuḍa, the bird of Viṣṇu.
—Kāmāraṇya (°ma-ar°), am, n. a pleasing grove
or wood.
—Kāmāri (°ma-ari), is, m. a mineral
substance used in medicine, a sort of pyrites (see
viṭa-mākṣika); an epithet of Śiva, the foe or
conqueror of the god of love.
—Kāmārta (°ma- ār°), as, ā, am, afflicted by love or passion, in love.
—Kāmārthin (°ma-ar°), ī, inī, i, lascivious, wanton,
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—Kāmāvacara (°ma-av°), ās, m. pl. a
class of deities (with Buddhists).
—Kāmāvatāra (°ma-av°), as, m., N. of a metre consisting of four
lines of six syllables each; N. of a work.
—Kāmā- vasāya (°ma-av°), as, m. suppression or mortifi-
cation of the passions, coldness, stoicism.
—Kāmā- vasāyi-tā, f. or
kāmāvasāyi-tva, am, n. the power
of suppressing desire, self-denial or mortification (one
of the eight supernatural faculties of Śiva).
—Kāmā- vasāyitṛ, tā, trī, tṛ, who or what suppresses or
destroys passion or desire.
—Kāmāvasāyin, ī, inī, i, one who suppresses desire, destructive of love or
desire.
—Kāmāśana (°ma-aś°), am, n. eating at
will, unrestrained enjoyment.
—Kāmāśrama (°ma- āś°), as, m. or
kāmāśrama-pada, am, n. the her-
mitage of the god of love.
—Kāmāsakta (°ma-ās°), as, ā, am, overcome with desire or passion, im-
passioned, in love.
—Kāmāsakti (°ma-ās°), is, f.
passion, desire.
—Kāmepsu (°ma-īp°), us, us, u, striving to obtain the fulfilment of a desire.
—Kāme- śvara (°ma-īś°), as, m. an epithet of Kuvera.
—Kāmodaka (°ma-ud°), am, n. a voluntary obla-
tion of water; oblation of water to deceased friends
&c. exclusive of those for whom it is directed by law.
—Kāmodā, f. a Rāgiṇī, one of the female personi-
fications of the musical notes.
—Kāmopahata (°ma- up°), as, ā, am, overcome with passion or desire.
—Kāmopahata-cittāṅga (°ma-up°), as, ā, am, one whose mind and body are overcome with love.
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