Kama

Definition: Kama

Kama

Noun

1. God of love and erotic desire; opposite of Mara.

Date "Kama" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1873. (references)

"Kama" is a common misspelling or typo for: acme, cava, kaki, karma, lamas, mamba.

Specialty Definition: Kama

Domain	Definition
Literature	Kama The Hindu god of love. His wife is Rati (voluptuousness), and he is represented as riding on sparrow, holding in his hand a bow of flowers and five arrows (i.e. the five senses). Source: Brewer's Dictionary.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Specialty Definition: Kama

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

In Hinduism, Kama is the god of love and a son of Lakshmi. He is a young, winged man who uses a bow and arrows. He is called Kama Ananga ("Kama the bodiless") as well. Kama's body was destroyed when he fired his weapon at Shiva in order to disrupt his meditations. Shiva then opened his third eye, the gaze of which was so powerful that Kama's body was reduced to ashes. For the sake of Kama's wife Rati (passion), Shiva restored him, but only as a mental image, representing the true emotional and mental state of love rather than physical lust.
Alternative: Chama, Cama
Relative: Mara The Kama River is a tributary of the Volga, in Russia.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Kama."

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Abbreviations & Acronyms: Kama

The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted.
Entry	Source	Expression	Field
KAMA	English	Korean Automobile Manufacturers Association	N/A
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Crosswords: Kama

English words defined with "Kama": Mara. (references)

Non-English Usage: "Kama" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses.

Chamorro (bed), Finnish (junk), Papiamen (bed), Sepedi (to comb), Serbo-Croatian (dagger, dirk, poniard), Swahili (as, how, if, like, provided that, such as, that), Turkish (cotter, dagger, Fid, spline, stiletto, wedge).

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Modern Usage: Kama

Domain	Usage
Movie/TV Titles	Kama Sutra Rides Again (1972) Ai no technique: kama sutra (1970) Kama Sutra (2000) The Legend of the Kama Sutra (1996) Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love (1996)
Song Titles	Kama Sutra (performing artist: The Bonzo Dog Band)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Kama

Domain	Title
Books	The Kama Sutra Illuminated: Erotic Art of India (reference) Anne Hooper's Kama Sutra (reference) The Bedside Kama Sutra: 23 Positions for Pleasure and Passion (reference) Complete Idiot's Guide to the Kama Sutra (reference) Kama Sutra (reference) (more book examples)

Theater & Movies	Kama Sutra: The Sensual Art of Lovemaking - Intimacy to Ectasy (reference) Kama Sutra - The Sensual Art of Lovemaking - Positions 2 Volume Gift Boxed Set (reference) Penthouse: Kama Sutra Pleasures (reference) The Tales of the Kama Sutra 2 - Monsoon (reference) Kama Sutra - The Sensual Art of Lovemaking (Positions of the Perfumed Garden/Positions of the Tao) (reference) (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music	Kama Sutra (reference) Kama Sutra [SOUNDTRACK] (reference) (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Kama

Subject	Topic	Quote
Civil Liberties	Cameroon	An SDF opposition party deputy alleged that on February 1, gendarmes molested SDF members in Kama, a village of Biwong Bane division, South Province, while the SDF was holding a preparatory meeting for a rally in a private residence. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Spoken Usage: Kama

Speaker	Phrase(s)
Dennis Miller	Look, the truth is that in cost-conscious, bottom-line America, all the major news organizations have been removing key positions like they were editing an Iranian edition of the Kama Sutra.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: Kama

"Kama" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 88.24% of the time. "Kama" is used about 17 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (proper)	88.24%	15	90,616
Noun (singular)	11.76%	2	245,945
Total	100.00%	17	N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Name Usage Frequency: Kama

The following table summarizes the usage of "Kama" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified.

Name	Usage/Gender	Usage per 100 million Persons	Rank in USA
Kama	Last name	130	56,429
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expressions: Kama

Expressions using "Kama": kama loca ♦ kama rupa. Additional references.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Kama

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day	Expression	Frequency per Day
kama sutra	16,084	kama sutra sex	60
kama sutra position	905	posiciones del kama sutra	56
kama	507	indian kama sutra	56
kama sutra picture	489	kama sutra animated	50
posturas del kama sutra	294	kama sutra a tale of love	50
kama sutra pic	187	free kama sutra position	48
kama sutra position picture	180	posiciones kama sutra	46
kama sutra sexual position	176	club kama sutra	45
del fotos kama sutra	139	kama sutra video	43
kama sutra book	132	el kama sutra	42
kama sutra position photo	112	kama sutra massage oil	41
kama sutra photo	108	kama sutra gallery	41
free kama sutra	98	kama kristel	40
kama sutra sex position	88	kama sutra.com	38
kama sutra kama sutra	83	free kama sutra picture	37
kama sutra movie	83	del imagenes kama sutra	35
gay kama sutra	75	art of kama sutra	34
kama sutra product	70	fotos kama sutra	32
kama sutra online	65	kama sultra	31
kama sutra illustrated	63	kama sexo sutra	30
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Derivations: Kama

Derivations
	Words beginning with "Kama": kamaaina, kamaainas, kamacite, kamacites, kamala, kamalas. (additional references)
	Words containing "Kama": cockamamie, cockamamy, tokamak, tokamaks. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: Kama

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-a-k-m"
	-1 letter: ama.
	-2 letters: aa, am, ka, ma.
	Words containing the letters "a-a-k-m"
	+1 letter: kalam, karma, makar.
	+2 letters: damask, kalams, kalmia, kamala, karmas, makars, makuta, markka, medaka, tambak, yasmak.
	+3 letters: amtrack, champak, damasks, earmark, hackman, kalimba, kalmias, kamalas, makable, malarky, manakin, manpack, markkaa, markkas, mazurka, medakas, packman, seamark, tambaks, tokamak, yamalka, yamulka, yashmak, yasmaks.
	+4 letters: amtracks, antimask, bakemeat, brakeman, capmaker, carmaker, champaks, clambake, damasked, dekagram, earmarks, facemask, gymkhana, hallmark, hatmaker, haymaker, kalimbas, kamaaina, kamacite, kamikaze, keratoma, landmark, lawmaker, mackinaw, makeable, makebate, makefast, malarkey, manakins, mandrake, mapmaker, marksman, maskable, mazourka, mazurkas, moussaka, namesake, seamarks, skiagram, tamarack, tamarisk, teamaker, tokamaks, tomahawk, trackman, warmaker, yamalkas, yamulkas, yashmaks.
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