kāma

kāma

1. Rōmaji transcription of カーマ

Borrowed from Sanskrit काम (kāma).

kāma

1. desire

   Synonyms: abhilāṣa, abhimata, ajĕṅ, hajĕṅ, arĕp, harĕp, aṅambĕk, aṅgā, kāpti, āśā, bilasa, harṣa, arṣa, hyun, ica, icchā, iṅin, iṣṭa, iṣṭi, keta, manoratha, manorati, prāṇa, prārthana, prāya, sādhya, saṅkalpa, śraddhā, śrĕddha, śrĕddhah, tṛṣṇa, tṛṣṇā, tön, wilāsa

2. love

   Synonyms: arṣa, asih, atanu, harṣa, hiyun, hyun, kūṅ, kuṅ, lulut, prema, prīti, priya, rāga, rājasa, raras, sih, sneha

3. affection
4. pleasure
5. semen virile
6. name of the god of love.

• > Javanese: kama (inherited)

• "kāma" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.

Inherited from Sanskrit काम (kāma).

kāma m

1. pleasure, lust, love, passion, enjoyment
   • c. 500 BC, Gautama Buddha, Aṅguttara Nikāya, Pañcasīlāni; republished in Sangharakshita, Sangharakshita Complete Works, Windhorse Publications, 2019, →ISBN, Appendix: The Five Precepts:

     Kāmesu micchācārā veramaṇī sikkhāpadaṃ samādiyāmi

     I observe the precept of abstaining from sexual misconduct.

• → Burmese: ကာမ (kama.)
• → Khmer: កាម (kaam)
• → Lao: ກາມ (kām)
• → Thai: กาม (gaam)

• -kāma (“desirous of...”)