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Kama

Kama

13 9.5
The Hindu god of love and desire
  • proper noun
  • /ˈkɑːmə/
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  • In Hinduism, Kama is revered as the god of love and erotic desire.
  • Kama Sutra

Examples

  • So did you guys read that kama sutra book I gave you?

  • The dance of the Kama Sutra!

  • Remember the Kama Sutra, page 19?

  • And I was reading The Kama Sutra, as in, with real couples, when I was 12.

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  • The Kama Sutra says that any place on the body that can be kissed can also be bitten.

  • Miss Gandhi is skilled in all of the acts of the famous Kama Sutra.

    Fiction book (2000)
  • Me and Milli, my Swedish exchange student, are about halfway through the Kama Sutra.

  • A genuine leather-bound, hand-illustrated... 16th-century edition of The Kama Sutra.

  • The Kama Sutra was originally written in Sanskrit... by an indian man called Vatsyayana... whose name literally means ''split the bamboo.''

  • The teachings of Kama emphasize the importance of love in human life.

Compounds

Kama Sutra
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An old book from India that explains love, sex, and married life

Surface Forms

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Etymology

Kama comes from the old Indian word kāma, meaning 'love' or 'desire', so the name itself shows he is the god of romantic desire.