kAmAvacara · adjective · kāmāvacara 1
kāmāvacara , m. (rarely f. , see below; = Pali id. ; cf. -avàcara ), dwelling in the kāma-dhātu or the realm of desire , ep. of a group (regularly six; ṣaṭ-kāmāvacarā devāḥ Dharmas 127 ; LV 290.2 ) of classes of gods (for list see s.v. deva ): LV 30.5 ; 59.17 (they are kāmadhātu-stha 59.11 ); 83.6 (read °cara-deve°); 99.8 ; 273.16 ; 290.2 ; 300.3 ; 302.5 (here a list of some of their ‘overlords’); 369.12 ; 413.5 ; Divy 140.18 ; 203.11 ; 327.29 ; Mv i.159.6 ; 209.6 = ii.11.13 ; i.265.18 ; ii.2.8 ; iii.223.8 ; Mvy 6895 ; Suv 10.3 ; Mmk 69.8 ; [Page177-b] Gv 121.22 ; Bbh 295.23 ; Karmav 30.13 ; °vacarā apsaraso LV 353.9 ; seemingly used in a broader sense (as also in Pali ) to refer to any beings ‘subject to desires’ Mvy 2154 .
belonging to the sphere of sensual experience (kāmadhātu)
(adj, adj, comp) related to the realm of sense desire belonging to sensual-desire becoming Construction: kāma + avacara
(nt, nt, comp) realm of sense desire sensual-desire sphere Construction: kāma + avacara