kAma
kA/ma m. ( fr. √ 2. kam ; once kAma/ , VS. xx, 60 ), wish, desire, longing ( kAmo me BuYjIta BavAn , my wish is that you should eat, Pāṇ. iii, 3, 153 ), desire for, longing after ( gen. dat. , or loc. ), love, affection, object of desire or of love or of pleasure, RV. ; VS. ; TS. ; AV. ; ŚBr. ; MBh. ; R. &c.