kama rupa

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kama rupa - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Kama \Ka"ma\ (k[aum]"m[aum]), n. [Skr. k[=a]ma 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;
  
     Note: supposed to create the
  
     ka"ma ru"pa (r[=oo]p[.a]) [Skr. r[=u]pa 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 (l[=o]"k[.a]) [Skr. l[=o]ka space, world],
        until the impulses which created it are exhausted and it
        finally fades away.
        [Webster 1913 Suppl.]