As a deity name
Name 60 of the Surya Sahasranāma — Bhavishya Purana, as taught by Lord Brahma / Sages
Name 651 of the Vishnu Sahasranāma — Mahabharata (Anushasana Parva), as taught by Bhishma to Yudhishthira on his deathbed
As a Hindi name
कामदेव · noun · masculine
स्त्री पुरुष के संयोग की प्रेरणा करने वाला एक पौराणीक देवता जिसकी स्त्री रति, साथी बसंत, वाहन कोकिल, अस्त्र फूलों का धनुष बाण है । उसकी ध्वजा पर मीन और मकर का चिन्ह है · वीर्य · संभोग की इच्छा — Śabdasāgara
कामदेव · kām-dev · s.m.
= S کامروپ कामरूप kām-rūp, adj. See s.v. kāma or kām — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 805
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
the god of love (see kāma above; according to some, son of Sahiṣṇu and Yaśo-dharā, )
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Dictionary citations
kāma—deva m. the god of love (see kāma above; according to some, son of Sahiṣṇu and Yaśo-dharā, VP.)
N. of Viṣṇu (as the god who creates, preserves, or destroys at will), Viṣṇ. xcviii, 10 (cf. BhP. v, 18, 15)
of Śiva, L.
of a poet
of a king of Jayantī-purī
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