Figure of Kama, Kamadeva or Manmatha, Hindu god of erotic love, desire, pleasure and beauty. Young man in flowers and jewelry riding a parrot, armed with bow and arrow. Manmadin, Dieu de l'Amour. Copperplate engraving by Jean-Baptiste Marie Poisson after an illustration by Pierre Sonnerat from his Voyage aux Indes Orientales et à la Chine (Voyage to the East Indies and China, Dentu, Paris, 1806.

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