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title: Kama
description: God of love in Indian mythology.
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<h2 id="kama">Kama</h2>

Kama is the Hindu god of love. He carries arrows like Cupid and is responsible for causing [Shiva](/en/303155/) to fall in love with and marry Parvati.

Kama, eternally young and attractive, is the deity who presides over the mind and is the liberator of desires. Rati, his wife, embodies sensual love. The instructions of his teaching appear in the **Kama-Sutra** (Sutra of Kama), an erotic work attributed to Vatsyayana.