Kāmadeva (Sanskrit: कामदेव) is the Hindu deity of love.[2] His other names include Ragavrinta (stalk of passion), Ananga (incorporeal), Kandarpa ("inflamer even of a god"),[3][4] Manmatha(churner of hearts), Manasija (he who is born of mind, a contraction of the Sanskrit phrase Sah Manasah jāta), Madana (intoxicating), Ratikānta (lord of Rati), Pushpavān, Pushpadhanva (one with bow of flowers) or just Kāma ("longing"). Kamadeva, is son of Hindu goddess Sri and, additionally, is the incarnation of Pradyumna, Krishna’s son.[2] In his spiritual form he is believed to be Krishna, by Vaishnava followers in Hinduism.
ETYMOLOGY
The name Kama-deva (IAST kāma-deva) can be translated as 'divine love' or 'god of love'. Kamadeva is also a known as a name of Vishnu in Vishnu Purana and Bhagavata PuranaShiva and the name of author of Sanskrit work Prayaschita padyata. Kamadeva is one of the names and epithets used for Krishna. Deva means heavenly or divine. Kama (IAST kāma) can be literary translated as wish, desire or longing, especially as in sensual love or sexuality. Kama is also a name used for Agni. The name is also used in Rig Veda (RV 9, 113. 11).[4] (SB 5.18.15). It is also sometimes used as name of
ICONOGRAPHY
Kāmadeva is represented as a young and handsome winged man who wields a bow and arrows. His bow is made of sugarcane with a string of honeybees, and his arrows are decorated with five kinds of fragrant flowers.[5][6] The five flowers are: Ashoka tree flowers, white and blue lotus flowers, Mallika tree(Jasmine) and Mango treemurti of Kamadeva of great antiquity is housed in the Mathura Museum, UP, India.[7] Kama Invocation flowers. A terracotta
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