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Definition: Kama

Part of Speech Definition
Noun 1. Hindu god of love and erotic desire; opposite of Mara.[Wordnet]
2. God of love and erotic desire; opposite of Mara.[Wordnet]
3. The Hindoo Cupid. He is represented as a beautiful youth, with a bow of sugar cane or flowers.[Websters].

Sources: WordNet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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"Kama" is a common misspelling or typo for: mama, lama, karma, acme, cava, mamba, kames, lamas, kana, Kaman, kaki, kamas, kaka, kamao.

Date "Kama" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1637. (references)

Common Expressions: Kama

Expressions Definition
23rd Waffen Mountain Division of the SS Kama During spring 1944, Yugoslavian Partisan under Tito became stronger than before. Although the Germans, with their's Bulgarians, Hungarians, and local peoples allies, still occupied more than half of Yugoslavia, the Partisan strength had been rose up to 300,000 men and women. Beside, the British and the American supported them by sending almost 3,000 tons weapons and other equipment a month. (references)
Kama (Purusharthas) Best understood as aesthetics, the definition of Kama involves sensual gratification, sexual fulfillment, pleasure of the senses, love, and the ordinary enjoyments of life regarded as one of the four ends of man (purusharthas). Kama is the lowest step on the ladder of aims in Hindu life, below worldly status (artha), because even animals seek physical pleasures. The other two purusharthas are dharma and moksha. (references)
Kama (weapon) The Kama are Okinawan and Chinese weapons that resemble traditional farming devices similar to a small sickle. The sickle, implemented as a redesigned weapon form, was called a natagama. The kama resemble another weapon familiar to the Japanese koryu, the Kusari-Gama, which had a weighted chain used to parry and club an enemy from a distance before the final Kama strike was administered. (references)
Kama People The Kama People are an extinct (since 1989) native Siberian people who lived along the Kama River. (references)
Kama River Kama (река́ Ка́ма; Tatar: Çulman) is a river in Russia, the longest left tributary of the Volga. It starts in Udmurtia flowing east, then turns south and west in Perm Oblast, flowing again through Udmurtia and then through Tatarstan, where it meets the Volga. The overall length is 1805 km. The largest tributaries to the Kama are Kosa, Vishera, Sylva, Chusovaya, Belaya, and Vyatka Rivers. The cities situated on the banks of the Kama are Solikamsk, Berezniki, Perm, Sarapul, and Naberezhnye Chelny. (references)
Kama Sutra Records Kama Sutra Records was started in 1964 as Kama Sutra Productions, a production house. It was founded by Arthur "Artie" Ripp, Hy Mizrahi and Phil Steinberg. (references)
Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love is a 1997 motion picture which takes its title from the Kama Sutra directed by Mira Nair. It has little to do with the work itself, but is a love story. The movie was initially banned in India and Pakistan because of the erotic scenes. (references)
Panzertruppenschule Kama Panzertruppenschule Kama was a top secret research and training facility, located near Kazan in the USSR, jointly operated by the Soviets and Germans between 1926 and 1933. The Panzertruppenschule prefix was there to provide the location a cover as a Armoured school. The Kama part of the name was a codename created by the words Kazan and Malbrant. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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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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Extended Definition: Kama


Kama Sutra

The Kama Sutra is an Indian text on sex and love.

Kama Sutra can also refer to:

  • Kama Sutra (Internet worm), a computer worm
  • Kama Sutra (anime), a Japanese pornographic anime
  • Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love, a 1996 film
  • Kama Sutra Records, a record label
  • Kama Sutra (TV series), a 2000 television series
  • Kamasutra (album), an album by The NPG Orchestra, a pseudonym of Prince

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia; from the article "Kama Sutra (disambiguation)". Image Credit.



Extended Definition: Kama


KAMA

KAMA can refer to:

  • Korea Automobile Manufacturers Association
  • KAMA (AM), an AM radio station located in El Paso, Texas
  • KAMA-FM, an FM radio station licensed to Missouri City, Texas
  • Kama, a professional wrestling gimmick portrayed by Charles Wright (wrestler)

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia; from the article "KAMA". Image Credit.



Topics by Level of Interest: Kama

Topics sorted by level of Interest Level (1=low, 600=high)     Topics sorted Alphabetically Level (1=low, 600=high)
Kama 46     23rd Waffen Mountain Division of the SS Kama 10
Kama Sutra 36     Akoni Kama 3
Kama River 17     Garden of Kama 6
Kama Sywor Kamanda 12     Kama 46
Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love 11     Kama (food) 3
23rd Waffen Mountain Division of the SS Kama 10     Kama (Japanese tea ceremony) 3
Kfar Kama 8     Kama (Theosophy) 3
Garden of Kama 6     Kama (weapon) 6
Kama (weapon) 6     Kama District 3
Kama Ginkas 5     Kama Ginkas 5
Kama Sutra (TV series) 4     Kama River 17
Kama Sutra Records 4     Kama Sutra 36
Kama Sutra (Internet worm) 4     Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love 11
Panzertruppenschule Kama 4     Kama Sutra (alternative meanings) 2
Kama Sutra (anime) 4     Kama Sutra (anime) 4
Kama District 3     Kama Sutra (Internet worm) 4
Kama (Theosophy) 3     Kama Sutra (TV series) 4
Nripa Kama II 3     Kama Sutra Records 4
Kama (Japanese tea ceremony) 3     Kama Sywor Kamanda 12
Akoni Kama 3     Kama Tarkhan 2
Kama (food) 3     Kfar Kama 8
Kama Tarkhan 2     Nripa Kama II 3
Kama Sutra (alternative meanings) 2     Panzertruppenschule Kama 4

Source: the editor, created by/for EVE to gauge likely levels of human interest in linguistically triggered topics (compiled across various sources, such as Wikipedia and specialty expression glosses).

"Kama" is a common misspelling or typo for: mama, lama, karma, acme, cava, mamba, kames, lamas, kana, Kaman, kaki, kamas, kaka, kamao.

Synonyms: Kama
Position Synonyms (sorted by strength)

Noun

Venus.
Consider also: beauty, narcissus, peri, veni, belle, rarity.
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Computed Synonyms: kama

 Rank

 Intensity 

 Word

 Synonyms

 Synonyms of synonym

 1   2.0093   kama     desire     wish, want, lust, longing, request   
 2   2.0086   kama     concupiscence     lust, carnality, prurience, desire, libido   
 3   1.4493   kama     Kama River     junk   
 4   1.2298   kama     karma     fate, destiny, fortune, lot, doom   
 5   1.2197   kama     Kerma     karma   
 6   1.0096   kama     want     need, wish, lack, require, desire   
 7   1.0095   kama     itch     itching, scabies, mange, rub, scratch oneself   
 8   1.0095   kama     lech     lecher, satyr, wanton, salacity, pruriency   
 9   1.0094   kama     stomach     belly, abdomen, tummy, womb, paunch   
 10   1.0094   kama     Venus     evening star, Lucifer, morning star, Hesperus, Venuses   
 11   1.0093   kama     passion     heat, lust, fire, vehemence, fascination   
 12   1.0092   kama     avidity     greed, eagerness, covetousness, cupidity, avarice   
 13   1.0091   kama     appetite     desire, hunger, lust, wish, stomach   
 14   1.0090   kama     pruriency     prurience, salacity, lust, lubricity, lechery   
Source: calculated by Eve using graph theory. "Intensity" is a score indicating the number of overlapping cliques where the word pair is found (an integer before the decimal); the first digit after the decimal is the number of overlapping terminal characters up to 9; the second characters is number of leading common characters up to 9; the last two digits measure the Levenshtein distance subtracted from 100. Top

Computed Expressions: kama

 Rank

 Intensity 

 Expression

 Synonyms

 Synonyms of synonym

 1   1.4493   Kama River     Kama     desire, concupiscence   
 2   1.0089   Kama River     junk     rubbish, trash   
Source: calculated by Eve using graph theory. "Intensity" is a score indicating the number of overlapping cliques where the word pair is found (an integer before the decimal); the first digit after the decimal is the number of overlapping terminal characters up to 9; the second characters is number of leading common characters up to 9; the last two digits measure the Levenshtein distance subtracted from 100. Top

Translations: Kama

Language Translations (or nearest inflections or synonyms, in parentheses)
Central Tai กามสูตร (Kama Sutra). Additional references: Central Tai, Thailand, kama. (volunteer & more translations)
Chinese Simplified 迦摩天爱神 (kama). Additional references: Chinese Simplified, China, Brunei, kama. (volunteer & more translations)
Chinese Traditional 迦摩天愛神 (kama), 愛神 (kama, Venus). Additional references: Chinese Traditional, China, Brunei, kama. (volunteer & more translations)
Dutch Kama (Kama). Additional references: Dutch, Netherlands, Aruba, kama. (volunteer & more translations)
Hanguk Mal 카마 (kama), 정욕 (passion, concupiscence, desire, lech, prurience), 욕망 (stomach, appetite, want, avidity, desire). Additional references: Hanguk Mal, Korea, South, Korea, kama. (volunteer & more translations)
Hanguohua 카마 (kama), 정욕 (passion, concupiscence, desire, lech, prurience), 욕망 (stomach, appetite, want, avidity, desire). Additional references: Hanguohua, Korea, South, Korea, kama. (volunteer & more translations)
Hindi कामसूत्र (Kama Sutra). Additional references: Hindi, India, Nepal, kama. (volunteer & more translations)
Japanese カーマに象徴される現世的な物への愛着 (kama), カーマ (kama, karma, Kerma), カーマ・スートラ (Kama Sutra), カマ川 (Kama River). Additional references: Japanese, Japan, Taiwan, kama. (volunteer & more translations)
Khadi Boli कामसूत्र (Kama Sutra). Additional references: Khadi Boli, India, Nepal, kama. (volunteer & more translations)
Khari Boli कामसूत्र (Kama Sutra). Additional references: Khari Boli, India, Nepal, kama. (volunteer & more translations)
Korean 카마 (kama), 정욕 (passion, concupiscence, desire, lech, prurience), 욕망 (stomach, appetite, want, avidity, desire). Additional references: Korean, Korea, South, Korea, kama. (volunteer & more translations)
Russian Кама (Kama, Kama River), Камасутра (Kama Sutra). Additional references: Russian, Russia, China, kama. (volunteer & more translations)
Russian (transliteration) kama (Kama, Kama River), kamasutra (Kama Sutra). Additional references: Russian, Russia, China, kama. (volunteer & more translations)
Russki Кама (Kama, Kama River), Камасутра (Kama Sutra). Additional references: Russki, Russia, China, kama. (volunteer & more translations)
Russki (transliteration) kama (Kama, Kama River), kamasutra (Kama Sutra). Additional references: Russki, Russia, China, kama. (volunteer & more translations)
Siamese กามสูตร (Kama Sutra). Additional references: Siamese, Thailand, kama. (volunteer & more translations)
Standard Thai กามสูตร (Kama Sutra). Additional references: Standard Thai, Thailand, kama. (volunteer & more translations)
Thai กามสูตร (Kama Sutra). Additional references: Thai, Thailand, kama. (volunteer & more translations)
Thaiklang กามสูตร (Kama Sutra). Additional references: Thaiklang, Thailand, kama. (volunteer & more translations)
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Constructed Language Translations: Kama

Language Translations for “kama” or closest synonym(s); back translations in parentheses.
Athag Kathagamathaga (Kama). Additional references: Athag, kama. (volunteer)
Double Dutch Kagamaga (Kama). Additional references: Double Dutch, kama. (volunteer)
Leet |<4[V]4 (Kama). Additional references: Leet, kama. (volunteer)
Oppish Kopamopa (Kama). Additional references: Oppish, kama. (volunteer)
Pig Latin amakay (kama). Additional references: Pig Latin, kama. (volunteer)
Terran A bka' ma (all the words of the Buddha, canonical transmission, continuous tradition, kama, oral transmission), bka' gter dag snang gsum (kama). Additional references: Terran A, kama. (volunteer)
Terran B bka' (kama). Additional references: Terran B, kama. (volunteer)
Ubbi Dubbi Kubamuba (Kama). Additional references: Ubbi Dubbi, kama. (volunteer)
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