Kama
idea · 2 works · 3 mentions · 7 anchored passages
also in the atlas: Kāma the deity
desire · kāma · lust · passion
in the texts
Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa
Overpowering desire that drives Rāvaṇa's pursuit and temptation of Sītā.
Mightily goaded by the god of love and overcome with passion for her, that rākṣasa could not conceal the desire within himself.
His eyes oblique, coppery, and wide — suffused with desire, pride, and passion — he appeared like Kāmadeva himself who had cast aside his bow.
"She was violated by you, Indra, overcome with desire and consumed by passion;
The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana
Sensory/erotic pleasure, the third of the three aims of life and central subject of the work.
Kama is to be learnt from the Kama Sutra (aphorisms on love) and from the practice of citizens.
Thus a man practising Dharma, Artha and Kama enjoys happiness both in this world and in the world to come.
Again, Kama being the occupation of public women, they should prefer it to the other two, and these are exceptions to the general rule.