Kama

¹ American  

[kah-muh] / ˈkɑ mə /

noun

1. Hindu Mythology. the god of erotic desire, sometimes seen as an aspect of the god whose other aspect is Mara, or death.

2. (lowercase) the attachment to temporal things personified by this god.

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Kama ² American  

[kah-muh] / ˈkɑ mə /

noun

1. a river in the E Russian Federation in Europe, flowing from the central Ural Mountains region into the Volga River S of Kazan. 1,200 miles (1,930 km) long.

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Kama ¹ British  

/ ˈkamə /

noun

1. 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)

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Kama ² British  

/ ˈkɑːmə /

noun

1. the Hindu god of love

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Etymology

Origin of Kama

< Sanskrit, special use of kāma love, desire, god of love

Example Sentences

"Prisoners on life sentences know they are unlikely to be released for a significant period, indeed they often have very little to come out to," criminal barrister Kama Melly KC explains.

From BBC • Apr. 24, 2026

Hawaii got back-to-back homers from Kekoa Payanal and Kama Angell in the first inning, sparking a 13-3 win in just four innings over Curacao.

From Washington Times • Aug. 28, 2022

An employee of Moscow-based Kama LLC said the company owns the SV Nikolay and denied the vessel carried Ukrainian grain or called at Crimea.

From Reuters • Jul. 22, 2022

He and his band later signed with the Kama Sutra label, for which they recorded “Uneasy Rider” before finding a long-term home with Epic Records in 1975.

From New York Times • Jul. 6, 2020

She had come to tell Kama a story.

From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy