Hindu mythology, Vedic and Purânic . r descendantsare greatly respected by the members of this sect. It isreckoned that about one-fifth of the Hindus of Bengal arefollowers of this teacher. Immoral women generally profess tobe his disciples, as, being expelled from their own caste, it isonly by this means that they can obtain funeral rites. KAMADEVA. Kamadeva, the Indian Cupid, is generally regarded as theson of Vishnu and Lakshmi, under the forms of Krishna andRukmini, but he is also describedin some places as a son of latter account of his originarises probably from the following.
Hindu mythology, Vedic and Purânic . r descendantsare greatly respected by the members of this sect. It isreckoned that about one-fifth of the Hindus of Bengal arefollowers of this teacher. Immoral women generally profess tobe his disciples, as, being expelled from their own caste, it isonly by this means that they can obtain funeral rites. KAMADEVA. Kamadeva, the Indian Cupid, is generally regarded as theson of Vishnu and Lakshmi, under the forms of Krishna andRukmini, but he is also describedin some places as a son of latter account of his originarises probably from the the Rig-Veda,* Kama is de-scribed as the first movement thatarose in the One, after it had comeinto life through the power offervour or abstraction. In the Atharva-Veda, this Kama or de-sire, not of sexual enjoyment, butof good in general, is celebratedas a great power superior to allthe gods, and is supplicated fordeliverance from enemies. According to one hymn in the Rig-Veda, Kama is worshipped and said to be unequalled by the. KAMADEVA. Muir, O. S. T., v. 402. 214 The Puraxic Deities. gods ; according to another, he is the god of sexual love, likethe Eros of the Greeks, and Cupid of the Latins. In the latteraspect he is thus addressed : May Kama, having well directedthe arrow, which is winged with pain, barbed with longing, andhas desire for its shaft, pierce thee in the heart. And it is inthis character that he appears in the Puranas. Kama is known in Hindu Mythology as the victim of Sivasanger. A demon named Taraka, having greatly distressed the
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