Kama

¹

[ kah-muh ]

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.

Kama

²

[ kah-muh ]

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.

Kama

¹

/ 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)

Kama

²

/ ˈkɑːmə /

noun

1. the Hindu god of love

Word History and Origins

Origin of Kama¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of Kama¹

from Sanskrit

Example Sentences

The complex, consisting of 11 dams on the Volga and its largest tributary, the Kama, is responsible for about 5% of the total electricity production in Russia.

From MIT Technology Review

Certainly it was more fun than yoga, which is, as far as I can tell, Kama Sutra for the lonely.

From The Daily Beast

The thing is, the Zionist generation of partition was right: Kama Medina Ivrit.

From The Daily Beast

Wheeler was anxious to do this in order to complete his survey work, for up till now he had been unable to visit the Kama Valley.

From Project Gutenberg

From the top of the pass we had a remarkably fine view into the Kama Valley which lay below us.

From Project Gutenberg

After our one perfect day the weather changed again, and for the next three days we descended the Kama Valley in sleet and snow.

From Project Gutenberg

We had been very lucky in getting such a perfect day in the Kama Valley, for fine days there were very few.

From Project Gutenberg

The deviation from our intended line of approach involved by entering the Kama Valley was not one which we were likely to regret.

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