Kamadeva is the Hindu god of human love or desire, often portrayed along with his female counterpart Rati. The name Kama-deva can be translated as ‘god of love’ The story of the birth of Kamadeva has several variants in different Puranas. One of the principal myths regarding Kama is that of his incineration by Shiva.
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Kamadeva is the Hindu god of human love or desire, often portrayed along with his female counterpart Rati. The name Kama-deva can be translated as ‘god of love’ The story of the birth of Kamadeva has several variants in different Puranas. One of the principal myths regarding Kama is that of his incineration by Shiva, the Madanahasma. He is also mentioned in the 12th-century Javanese poem Smaradahana, a rendering of the myth of his burning by Shiva and fall from heaven to earth. In the version of Mahabharata, a Prajapati named Dharma is born from the right breast of Brahma and begets three sons, Sama, Kama and Harsa. In some versions KamadeVA arises from the mind of the creator god, Brahma, and is sometimes portrayed as being at the service of Indra.
He evades Shiva’s guard, evades Nandin, by taking the form of the fragrant southern breeze. After he awakens, Shiva opens a furious arrow with which he breaks the sacred pooja with Shiva. He creates an untimely spring, by evading Shiva’s guards, and evades the third abode, Nand in the southern part of the month of Nand. He was married to Ratī, the daughter of Daksha, created from his sweat, and has a cuckoo, a parrot, humming bees, the season of spring, and the gentle breeze. All these are symbols of spring season, when his festival is celebrated as Holi, Holika or Vasanta. His consort Rati, whose very essence is desire, carries a discus and a lotus, and her arms are compared with lotus-stalks.
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