Kamadeva
Sign in to saveKamadeva (, ), also known as Kama, Manmatha, and Madana is the Hindu god of love, carnal desire, attraction, pleasure and beauty, as well as the personification of the concept of kāma. He is depicted as a handsome young man decked with ornaments and flowers, armed with a bow of sugarcane and shooting arrows of flowers. He often portrayed alongside his consort and female counterpart, Rati.
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- Hindu
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- Kama sculpture at the group of monuments at Belur, Hassan, Karnataka, India.jpg
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- Sculpture of Kamadeva on a temple wall of Chennakesava Temple, Belur
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- Kamadeva
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- Kāmadeva
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- Deva
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- Kamaloka
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- Male
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- Atharvaveda, Ramayana, Mahabharata, Harivamsha, Puranas
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- Makara
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- Sugarcane bow and floral arrows
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- Harsha and Yasha (sons)
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- Rati
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- Parrot
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- God of Love, Desire, Attraction, Pleasure and Beauty
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- Manmatha, Madana, Ananga
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- Brahma (father)
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- Etymology and other names
- Evolution
- Vedas
- Brahmanas
- ''Mahabharata''
- ''Ramayana''
- Puranas
- Mythology
- Birth
- Family and assistants
- Incineration by Shiva
- Resurrection
- Incarnations
- Iconography and depictions
- Beliefs and worship
- Rituals and festivals
- In Gaudiya Vaishnavism
- In Indonesia
- Temples
- In English literature
- Notes
- References
- External links
Kamadeva (, ), also known as Kama, Manmatha, and Madana is the Hindu god of love, carnal desire, attraction, pleasure and beauty, as well as the personification of the concept of kāma. He is depicted as a handsome young man decked with ornaments and flowers, armed with a bow of sugarcane and shooting arrows of flowers. He often portrayed alongside his consort and female counterpart, Rati.
Kamadeva's origins are traced to the verses of the Rig Veda and Atharva Veda, although he is better known from the stories of the Puranas. The Atharva Veda regards Kamadeva as a powerful god, the wielder of the creative power of the universe, also describing him to have been "born at first, him neither the gods nor the fathers ever equaled".