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Kamadeva

कामदेव

Deity. Also called Manmatha, Ananga.

Kamadeva is the god of desire. Vishwamitra shows Rama the hermitage where Shiva burned Kamadeva to ashes with the fire of his third eye, after which he was called Ananga, the bodiless.

Updated 30 Oct 20261 source

RoleDeity
ConsortRati
Appears inRamayana
GroupDevas and divine beings
KingdomDevaloka
First appearsBala Kanda, Sarga 23

Who was Kamadeva?

On the first night of their journey with Vishwamitra, Rama and Lakshmana rest at the meeting of the Sarayu and Ganga. Vishwamitra explains that Kamadeva once disturbed Shiva's meditation there and was burned, and the land where his limbs fell became the country of Anga.

In the Valmiki Ramayana

Kamadeva appears in 1 sargas across 1 Kandas.

All 1 sargas

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Often seen with Kamadeva

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