Kama
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /kɑmə/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Kama is a noun meaning A sickle-like weapon, originally used as a tool for cutting weeds.
Meaning
A sickle-like weapon, originally used as a tool for cutting weeds.
More Meanings
- (Hinduism) The act or process of wishing; longing, desire (with or without sexual connotations); one of the goals of life in Hindu tradition.
Example Sentences
The place of kāma or the pursuit of love and pleasure in the balanced Hindu scheme of life derives from the importance attached to the life of the married householder (grhastha).
Ancient Indian thought divides the principal aims of human existence into dharma (religion, morality, social obligations), artha (economics, politics, power), and kāma (erotic pleasure, sexual interaction, sexual gratification).
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