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  • proper noun Hinduism The Hindu deity of love, son of the goddess Sri and the incarnation of Pradyumna, Krishna's son.

Etymologies

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Sanskrit कामदेव (kā́ma-deva)

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Examples

  • The Hindu goddess Kamadeva carries a bow, and it has a string made of honeybees.

    The Bushman Way of Tracking God PhD Bradford Keeney 2010

  • Standing atop a moon, a sun, a "growler" and a "fire-of-time" planet, most playfully with my right leg outstretched, my right leg is red and has underneath it a red Kamadeva, Deity of Desire, with one face and four arms, holding in his hands five flower-arrows and a bow, a lasso and a hook.

    Abbreviated Single-Deity Kalachakra Sadhana Thu'u-bkwan Blo-bzang chos-kyi nyi-ma 1985

  • Standing atop a moon, a sun, a "growler" and a "fire-of-time" planet, most playfully with my right leg outstretched, my right leg is red and has underneath it a red Kamadeva, Deity of Desire, with one face and four arms, holding in his hands five flower-arrows and a bow, a lasso and a hook.

    Abbreviated Single-Deity Kalachakra Sadhana Thu'u-bkwan Blo-bzang chos-kyi nyi-ma 1985

  • Vatsa comes forth to behold from the terrace of his palace the frolic merriment with which his subjects celebrate the festival of _Kamadeva_, the god of love.

    Tales from the Hindu Dramatists R. N. Dutta

  • Do not be offended without cause; I have given your _Kamadeva_ my _Rati_.

    Tales from the Hindu Dramatists R. N. Dutta

  • A striking red and gilt shrine in a secluded grove of peepuls arrests my attention a few miles out of town, and, repairing thither, my rude intrusion fills with silent surprise a company of gentle Brahman youths and maidens paying their matutinal respects to the representation of Kamadeva, the Hindoo cupid and god of love.

    Around the World on a Bicycle - Volume II From Teheran To Yokohama Thomas Stevens 1894

  • Among the Hindoos, where caste prejudices exist throughout all the strata of society, to avoid the awful consequences of touching their lips to a vessel out of which some unworthy wretch a shade less holy has previously drunk, the fastidious worshipper of Krishna, Vishnu, or Kamadeva always drinks from his hands, unless possessed of a private drinking vessel of his own.

    Around the World on a Bicycle - Volume II From Teheran To Yokohama Thomas Stevens 1894

  • The Hindus have a fine parable of Kamadeva, the eastern

    The Friendships of Women William Rounseville Alger 1863

  • The nayika, consumed by longing and tormented by Kamadeva with a merciless shower of arrows, entreats her sakhi to carry her message to Lord Shiva with a plea to relieve her suffering.

    The Hindu - Front Page 2010

  • The Kamadeva Myth It is often believed that it was on this day that Lord Shiva opened his third eye and incinerated Kamadeva, the god of love, to death.

    Recently Uploaded Slideshows 2009

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