1. käma-
-wünschend, -begehrend
The corpus record — Sanskrit
kāmān
-wünschend, -begehrend
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Distribution
- Katha Upanisad 3 · 13.91/10k
- Svetasvatara Upanisad 1 · 5.82/10k
- Mandukya Upanisad 1 · 5.13/10k
- Aitareya Upanisad 2 · 4.13/10k
- Bhagavad Gita 3 · 3.49/10k
- Taittiriya Upanisad 1 · 1.89/10k
- Chandogya Upanisad 6 · 1.28/10k
- Brhadaranyaka Upanisad 3 · 0.4/10k
Senses
2. kāma
kāma m. ( fr. √ 2. kam; once kāma, VS. xx, 60 ), wish, desire, longing (kāmomebhuñjītabhavān, my wish is that you should eat, Pāṇ. iii, 3, 153 ), desire for, longing after ( gen. dat. , or loc. ), love, affection, object of desire or of love or of pleasure, RV. ; VS. ; TS. ; AV. ; ŚBr. ; MBh. ; R. &
3. kāma
Love or Desire personified, AV. ix , xii , xix ( cf. RV. x, 129, 4 ), VS. ; PārGṛ.
4. kāma
(represented as son of Dharma and husband of Rati [ MBh. i, 2596 ff. ; Hariv. ; VP. ]; or as a son of Brahmā , VP. ; or sometimes of Saṃkalpa , BhP. vi, 6, 10 ; cf. kāmadeva)
Attestations
- kāmān Bhagavad Gita 2.55
- kāmān Bhagavad Gita 2.71
- kāmān Bhagavad Gita 7.22
- kāmān Aitareya Upanisad aitup_2.6
- kāmān Aitareya Upanisad aitup_3.4
- kāmān Brhadaranyaka Upanisad brhup_3,2.7
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Authority pointers, pending review
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- vol. 3, scan p. 767; entry #12632 Review: Under source audit
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