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Kama (Sanskrit: काम, IAST: kāma) is the concept of pleasure, enjoyment and desire in Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism.
Aug 26, 2024 · Kama, in the mythology of India, the god of erotic love and pleasure. During the Vedic age (2nd millennium–7th century bce), he personified cosmic desire, or the creative impulse, and was called the firstborn of the primeval Chaos that makes all creation possible.
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The Kama Sutra (/ ˈ k ɑː m ə ˈ s uː t r ə /; Sanskrit: कामसूत्र, pronunciation ⓘ, Kāma-sūtra; lit. ' Principles of Love ') is an ancient Indian Hindu Sanskrit text [1] [2] on sexuality, eroticism and emotional fulfillment.
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Dec 21, 2023 · In Hindu traditions, kama is one of life’s four aims (purusharthas), and is considered essential and healthy if pursued with the other three aims: dharma (righteousness), artha (prosperity) and moksha (spiritual liberation).
Karma is a concept of Hinduism which describes a system in which beneficial effects are derived from past beneficial actions and harmful effects from past harmful actions, creating a system of actions and reactions throughout a soul's (jivatman's) reincarnated lives, [1] forming a cycle of rebirth.
Kamasutra, the oldest extant Indian prose treatise (sutra) on the subject of pleasure (kama)— sexual pleasure, desire, love, and the pleasures of good living generally conceived.
Sep 2, 2024 · Hinduism - Karma, Samsara, Moksha: Hindus generally accept the doctrine of transmigration and rebirth and the complementary belief in karma. The whole process of rebirth, called samsara, is cyclic, with no clear beginning or end, and encompasses lives of perpetual, serial attachments.
