kama

‖n. [ Skr. kāma love, the god of love. ] 1. The Hindu Cupid. He is represented as a beautiful youth, with a bow of sugar cane or flowers. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Desire; animal passion; -- supposed to create the
ka"ma ru"pa ety>[ Skr. rūpa shape, image ], a kind of simulacrum or astral likeness of a man which exists after his death in an invisible plane of being, called
ka"ma lo"ca ety>[ Skr. lōka space, world ], until the impulses which created it are exhausted and it finally fades away. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]