Kamadeva

English

Hindu god inducing lusty desires

Alternative forms

• Kama, Madan, Manmatha, Manmathudu

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit कामदेव (kā́ma-deva).

Proper noun

Kamadeva

1. (Hinduism) The Hindu deity of love, son of the goddess Sri and the incarnation of Pradyumna, Krishna's son.

Translations

Hindu deity of love

• Assamese: কামদেৱ (kamodew)
• Bengali: কামদেব (bn) (kamodeb)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 伽摩 (jiāmó)

• Gujarati: કામદેવ (kāmdev)
• Hindi: कामदेव (hi) (kāmdev)
• Kannada: ಕಾಮದೇವ (kāmadēva)
• Maithili: कामदेव (kāmᵊdēv)
• Malayalam: കാമദേവൻ (ml) (kāmadēvaṉ)
• Marathi: कामदेव (kāmdev)
• Nepali: कामदेव (ne) (kāmadev)
• Newar: मऩ्मतऩ्
• Oriya: କାମଦେବ (or) (kāmadeba)
• Punjabi: ਕਾਮਦੇਵ (kāmdev)
• Sanskrit: कामदेव (sa) m (kā́ma-deva)
• Tamil: காம தேவன் (kāma tēvaṉ)
• Telugu: మన్మథుడు (te) (manmathuḍu)
• Tibetan: འདོད་པའི་དབང་ཕྱུག ('dod pa'i dbang phyug)

Further reading

• Kamadeva on Wikipedia.Wikipedia