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kama

kāma

substantif (neutre ; objectif) : objet de plaisir ou de jouissance sensuelle
substantif (masculin ; subjectif) : plaisir, jouissance sensuelle, désir sensuel

Pali-English Dictionary, TW Rhys Davids, William Stede

kāma (m.nt.) [Dhtp (603) & Dhtm (843) paraphrase by “icchāyaṁ,” cp.Vedic kāma,kam=Idg.*qā] to desire,cp.Lat.carus,Goth.hōrs,E whore.– 1.Objective:pleasantness,pleasure-giving,an object of sensual enjoyment; – 2.subjective:(a) enjoyment,pleasure on occasion of sense,(b) sense-desire.Buddhist commentators express 1 and 2 by kāmiyatī ti kāmo,and kametī ti kāmo Cpd.81,n.2.Kāma as sense-desire and enjoyment plus objects of the same is a collective name for all but the very higher or refined conditions of life.The kāma-bhava or –loka (worlds of sensedesire) includes 4 of the 5 modes (gati’s) of existence and part of the fifth or deva-loka.See Bhava.The term is not found analyzed till the later books of the Canon are consulted,thus,Nd1 1 distinguishes (1) vatthukāmā:desires relating to a base,i.e.physical organ or external object,and (2) kilesakāmā:desire considered subjectively.So also Nd2 202,quoted DhA.II,162; III,240; and very often as ubho kāmā.A more logical definition is given by Dhammapāla on Vv 11 (VvA.11).He classifies as follows:1.manāpiyā rūpādi-visayā.– 2.chandarāga.– 3.sabbasmiṁ lobha.– 4.gāmadhamma.– 5.hitacchanda.– 6.serībhāva,i.e.k.concerned with (1) pleasant objects,(2) impulsive desire,(3) greed for anything,(4) sexual lust,(5) effort to do good,(6) self-determination.
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Dictionnaire Héritage du Sanscrit, Inria, Gérard Huet (dir.)

kāma [act. kam] m. souhait, désir; concupiscence | soc. le plaisir, un des buts de l'existence [puruṣārtha] — n. objet aimé ou désiré; l'agréable | sperme — ifc. ad libitum, à volonté, au choix — agt. a. m. n. f. kāmā ifc. qui désire <iic. inf.>.