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

They kind of run through the Kama Sutra catalog.

From The Wall Street Journal

Working with the Inns of Court College of Advocacy, Kama Melly is helping to introduce a training course for all barristers working on cases involving trauma from December.

From BBC

The shot list must look like the Kama Sutra.

From Los Angeles Times

And around 7 p.m., some 500 guests shuttled to a convention center about 20 minutes away in Kamas, Utah, for the festival’s Opening Night Gala, hosted by the Sundance Institute.

From New York Times

How old is Bella, mentally, when the frenzied Kama Sutra montages kick in?

From Los Angeles Times