Associations to the word «Kama»

Wiktionary

KAMA, noun. A sickle-like weapon, originally used as a tool for cutting weeds.
KAMA, noun. (India) wish, longing, desire (with or without sexual connotations); one of the goals of life in Hindu tradition
KAMA, proper noun. A major river in Russia, the longest left tributary of the Volga.
KAMA, proper noun. (religion) (Hinduism) The Hindu god of love.
KAMA SUTRA, proper noun. A Sanskrit treatise (sutra) setting forth rules for sensuous and sensual pleasure, love, and marriage in accordance with Hindu law.

Dictionary definition

KAMA, noun. Hindu god of love and erotic desire; opposite of Mara.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats