カーマ

noun

kama; desire; longing

In Hindu philosophy, one of the four goals of life (purusharthas), referring to sensual pleasure, love, and aesthetic enjoyment. In Japanese, used mainly in discussions of Indian thought.

from Sanskrit

• ヒンドゥー教きょうでは、カーマは人じん生せいの目もく的てきの一ひとつとされている。

  In Hinduism, kama is considered one of the goals of life.

noun

Kamadeva; Hindu god of love

The deity who presides over love and desire, often depicted with a bow of sugarcane and arrows of flowers. This sense is less common in everyday Japanese.

• カーマは愛あいの神かみとして知しられている。

  Kama is known as the god of love.