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KĀMADEVA , s. (The god of love or Hindu Cupid, son of Vishnu or Krishna by Lakṣmī, who is then called Māyā or Rukminī. According to another account he was first produced in the heart of Brahmā, and coming out in the form of a beautiful female, was looked upon by Brah- mā with amorous emotions. He is usually represented as a handsome youth, sometimes riding on a parrot, and attended by nymphs, one of whom bears his banner, which consists of a fish on a red ground. Endeavouring to influence Śiva with the passion of love for his wife Pārvatī, he discharged an arrow at him; but Śiva, enraged at the attempt, reduced him to ashes, or as some say, to a mere mental essence, by a beam of fire darted from his central eye. Afterwards the relenting god declared that he should be born again in the form of Pradyumna, son of Krishna by Māyā or Rukminī. The bow of Kāmadeva is made of flowers, with a string formed of bees, and his five arrows are each tipped with the blos- som of a flower which is devoted to, and supposed to preside over, a sense. He is lord of the Apsarasas. As god of desire he is called) कामः, कामदेवः, कमनः, रमः -मणः,रमतिःm., रामिलः, शृङ्गारयोनिःm., रागरज्जुःm., रागवृन्तः, रागचूर्णः,रतनारीचः. —
(The mind-agitator) मन्मथः. —
(The maddener) मदनः. —
(The inflamer) दर्पकः. — (The inflamer of Brahmā) कन्दर्पः. —
(Born in the heart) मनसिजः, चित्तजन्माm.(न्),मनोजन्माm., चित्तभूःm., चेतोभूः, मनोभूःm., मनोभवः, मनसिशयः,हृच्छयः, मनोयोनिःm. —
(Born only in the heart, self-born) अनन्यजः, आत्मभूःm., आत्मयोनिःm. —
(The ideal one) स्मरः. — (The son of Lakṣmī) लक्ष्मीपुत्रः, श्रीनन्दनः, श्रीजः. —
(The son of Krishna) प्रद्युम्नः. — (The son of Lakṣmī in the form of Māyā or Illusion) मायीm.(न्), मायासुतः. —
(The bodi- less one) अनङ्गः, अशरीरः. —
(The fish-bannered one) मकर-केतुःm., मीनकेतनः, मकरध्वजः, झषकेतनः. —
(Having a bow made of flowers) पुष्पधनुःm., पुष्पधन्वाm.(न्), पुष्पचापः, कुसुम-कार्म्मुकः, पुष्पशरासनः. —
(Having arrows of flowers) कुसुमायुधः,पुष्पशरः, पुष्पेषुःm., पुष्पास्त्रः, कुसुमेषुःm., प्रसूनेषुःm., सुरभिवाणः. —
(Having five arrows) पञ्चवाणः, पञ्चशरः, पञ्चेषुःm. —
(Having a flower as a symbol) पुष्पकेतनः, पुष्पकेतुःm. —
(The beauti- ful) सुन्दरः. —
(The destroyer) मारः. —
(The lord) ईश्वरः. — (The destroyer of the Daitya, Śambara) शम्बरसूदनः, शम्बरारिःm. —
(The destroyer of devotional tranquillity) शमान्तकः. —
(The water-born) इराजः. —
(The husband of Rati) रतिरमणः,रतिपतिःm. Another name of this god is मुर्मुरः. The wife of Kāmadeva is called Rati. See RATI. His son is called अनिरुद्धः, झषाङ्कः, उषापतिःm., उषेशः; ‘his daughter,’ तृषा; ‘his son's wife,’ प्रीतिजुषा and उषा; ‘his fish,’ जलरूपः. ROOTS: कामकामदेवकमनरममणरमतिरामिलशृङ्गारयोनिरागरज्जुरागवृन्तरागचूर्णरतनारीचमन्मथमदनदर्पककन्दर्पमनसिजचित्तजन्मा(न्)मनोजन्माचित्तभूचेतोभूमनोभूमनोभवमनसिशयहृच्छयमनोयोनिअनन्यजआत्मभूआत्मयोनिस्मरलक्ष्मीपुत्रश्रीनन्दनश्रीजप्रद्युम्नमायीमायासुतअनङ्गअशरीरमकरकेतुमीनकेतनमकरध्वजझषकेतनपुष्पधनुपुष्पधन्वापुष्पचापकुसुमकार्म्मुकपुष्पशरासनकुसुमायुधपुष्पशरपुष्पेषुपुष्पास्त्रकुसुमेषुप्रसूनेषुसुरभिवाणपञ्चवाणपञ्चशरपञ्चेषुपुष्पकेतनपुष्पकेतुसुन्दरमारईश्वरशम्बरसूदनशम्बरारिशमान्तकइराजरतिरमणरतिपतिमुर्मुरअनिरुद्धझषाङ्कउषापतिउषेशतृषाप्रीतिजुषाउषाजलरूप KĀMADEVA , s.
(As having an odd number of arrows) विषमेषुः. —
(As having blossoms for arrows) पल्लवास्त्रः. His vehicle is a parrot, शुकः. Hence he is called शुकपाहः -हनः. ROOTS: विषमेषुपल्लवास्त्रशुकशुकपाहहन
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