Kamadeva
deity sky Hindu single tradition · 3
Kamadeva is the god of love who assists Menaka in her seduction of Vishvamitra.
↻ synthesized from 3 sources
When
- First attested
- 500 BCE
- Attested period
- -400 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Vedic deity.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Urnayu, Parvati, Kārtikeya, Skanda, Surapadma, Rudra, Maheshvara, Himavan, Simhamukha, Krittikas, Kumara, Tarakasura, Saraswati, Brahmacharini, Prakandasura, Visvavasu, Ghritachi, Purvachitti, Sahajanya, Vishvachi, Agni, Ganga, Vayu, Śiva, Urvaśī, Lakshmi
- serves
- Indra
- child of
- Brahma
Mentioned by
Sources
wikipedia (3)
Source passages
“Still, she agrees to carry out Indra's request, provided she is assisted by the wind-god Marut and the god of love, Kamadeva. With their help, Menaka enters Vishvamitra's forest retreat.”
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“Indra tasked god of love Kamadeva and his consort Rati to disturb Shiva. Shiva was furious with the act and burnt Kamadeva to ashes.”
#11935 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“In order to induce Shiva to marry and father a child, the gods enlisted Kamadeva, the god of love and desire. Kamadeva shot an arrow of desire at the meditating Shiva. Enraged, Shiva opened his third eye and reduced Kamadeva to ashes.”
#30334 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001