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Kama

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Ka·ma 1  (käm)
n. Hinduism
The god of love.
[Sanskrit kma, love, desire, Kama; see k- in Indo-European roots.]
Ka·ma 2  (käm)
A river of west-central Russia rising in the central Ural Mountains and flowing about 2,031 km (1,262 mi) to the Volga River. It is the chief tributary of the Volga.
Kama1
n
(Placename) a river in central Russia, rising in the Ural Mountains and flowing to the River Volga, of which it is the largest tributary. Length: 2030 km (1260 miles)
Kama2
n
(Non-Christian Religions / Hinduism) the Hindu god of love
[from Sanskrit]
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Noun1.Kama - Hindu god of love and erotic desire; opposite of Mara


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Kama entered the Tivoli, tall, lean, muscular, and fur-clad, the pick of his barbaric race and barbaric still, unshaken and unabashed by the revellers that rioted about him while Daylight gave his orders.
Burning Daylight by London, Jack View in context
Her ebony brows have the form and charm of the bow of Kama, the god of love, and beneath her long silken lashes the purest reflections and a celestial light swim, as in the sacred lakes of Himalaya, in the black pupils of her great clear eyes.
Around The World In Eighty Days by Verne, Jules View in context
We had just entered Europe, having passed the river Kama, which in these parts is the boundary between Europe and Asia, and the first city on the European side was called Soloy Kamaskoy, that is, the great city on the river Kama.
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