kama

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
Kama
    n 1: Hindu god of love and erotic desire; opposite of Mara
    
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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 Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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

    

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