Guest guest Posted March 18, 2003 Report Share Posted March 18, 2003 "Kama" is one of the four Aims of Life in Hinduism. (Dharma -- Virtue, Artha -- Success, Kama -- Desire, and Moksha -- Release.) "Kama-deva" can be translated as "the God of Love..." or Lust, Desire, Attachment, Sexuality... Portrayed as a handsome young man, often dallying with his wife Rati (Passion), or travelling with Vasant (Springtime), shooting flower-tipped arrows at people from his sugarcane bow, making them fall in love. Sometimes seen as the "mind-born" son of Lord Brahma, other times as the child of Lord Vishnu and Lakshmi Devi. A gayatri mantra to invoke Kama-deva goes: <Om manobhavaya vidmahe/ kandarpaya dhimahi/ tanno Kamah prachodayat/> (Om to the Mind-born One we look/ On the Inflamer we meditate/ May Desire bring enlightenment/) -- Len/ Kalipadma On Tue, 11 Mar 2003 14:43:10 -0000 "indianpaganism" <neilcampbell writes: > Namaste Jamie, > > > > Im hoping to find information on a god of love. Whats his/her name > > and what is a prayer i can offer to him/her??I found this in one > > of the post's, and it refers to the God of love. Any ideas who this > > is? > > > Another translation of the mantra you refer to (Om > Svalavanyasudhasarajita Manmathavigrahaya Namah), from the Ganesh > Astottara (108 names of Lord Ganesh), is "Adoration to Him who > defeated Manmatha, the God of love, by His sweet beauty". This > translation is from the book Loving Ganesha > (http://www.himalayanacademy.com/books/lg/lg_ch-12.html) > > Manmatha is a name of the God Kama, who is often called the God of > Love (though I personally think this depends on what one > considers "love" to be, maybe lust or desire would sometimes be more > appropriate). As far as I can tell the name Manmatha means churner > or stirrer of mind, though I could be wrong here. > > Hope this is of help to you Jamie. > ______________ Sign Up for Juno Platinum Internet Access Today Only $9.95 per month! Visit www.juno.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 23, 2003 Report Share Posted March 23, 2003 Just want to say "thanks" for talking about the God of Love, Kama. Recently someone asked me about it and I didn't quite know what to say and your posts saved the day!! Must be snychronicity - came at the right time too! Amazing. Om Shanti, Sy Black Lotus L Rosenberg <kalipadma (AT) juno (DOT) com> wrote: "Kama" is one of the four Aims of Life in Hinduism. (Dharma -- Virtue,Artha -- Success, Kama -- Desire, and Moksha -- Release.)"Kama-deva" can be translated as "the God of Love..." or Lust, Desire,Attachment, Sexuality...Portrayed as a handsome young man, often dallying with his wife Rati(Passion), or travelling with Vasant (Springtime), shooting flower-tippedarrows at people from his sugarcane bow, making them fall in love. Sometimes seen as the "mind-born" son of Lord Brahma, other times as thechild of Lord Vishnu and Lakshmi Devi.A gayatri mantra to invoke Kama-deva goes:<Om manobhavaya vidmahe/kandarpaya dhimahi/tanno Kamah prachodayat/>(Om to the Mind-born One we look/On the Inflamer we meditate/May Desire bring enlightenment/)-- Len/ Kalipadma On Tue, 11 Mar 2003 14:43:10 -0000 "indianpaganism"<neilcampbell (AT) pagan72 (DOT) freeserve.co.uk> writes:> Namaste Jamie,> > > > Im hoping to find information on a god of love. Whats his/her name > > and what is a prayer i can offer to him/her??I found this in one > > of the post's, and it refers to the God of love. Any ideas who this > > is?> > > Another translation of the mantra you refer to (Om > Svalavanyasudhasarajita Manmathavigrahaya Namah), from the Ganesh > Astottara (108 names of Lord Ganesh), is "Adoration to Him who > defeated Manmatha, the God of love, by His sweet beauty". This > translation is from the book Loving Ganesha > (http://www.himalayanacademy.com/books/lg/lg_ch-12.html) > > Manmatha is a name of the God Kama, who is often called the God of > Love (though I personally think this depends on what one > considers "love" to be, maybe lust or desire would sometimes be more > appropriate). As far as I can tell the name Manmatha means churner > or stirrer of mind, though I could be wrong here.> > Hope this is of help to you Jamie. Platinum - Watch CBS' NCAA March Madness, live on your desktop! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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