Kaama

*SUKLA SHASHTI -  Kaama- 8th kaksha of devatha taratamya*

*Skanda panchami/  shaShTi falls on Tamil month Karthigai month which is the sauramana month of Vrichika which is MARGHASHIRA SUKLA PANCHAMI/ SHASHTI*

1.  *Skanda, Subramanya, Shanmukha, Kartikeya, Kumara, Manmatha, Manoja,  Saravana, Muruga, SanatkumarA, Shaktidhara, Pragnya,  sAMba (son of jAMbuvatI) are some of the names for KAAMA*

2.  *Kaama & His wife  Rati devi are manasu & Saudarya abhimani devate.*

3.   *kAma antargantanAda Bimba moorthy pradyumna rUpa bhaghavantha gave dharshan through Manasu.  Our manasu has to analyse between good and evil. kAma eliminates confusion in mind in the right path and  is the manasu abhimani dEvate*

*ಭಗವಂತನ ಮನಸ್ಸಿನಿಂದ ಆವಿರ್ಭವಿಸಿದರಿಂದ ಕಾಮ.     ಮನಸ್ಸನ್ನು ಮಥನ ಮಾಡಿ ಅಲ್ಲೊಲಕಲ್ಲೋಲವಾಗಿಸುವುದರಿಂದ ಇವನೆ ಮನ್ಮಥ.  ಮನಸಿಂದ ಹುಟ್ಟಿ ನಮ್ಮ ಮನದಲ್ಲು ಆವಿರ್ಭವಿಸುದರಿಂದ ಇವನೇ ಮನೋಜ*

*भगवंतन मनस्सिनिंद आविर्भविसिदरिंद काम.     मनस्सन्नु मथन माडि अल्लोलकल्लॊलवागिसुवुदरिंद इवने मन्मथ.  मनसिंद हुट्टि नम्म मनदल्लु आविर्भविसुदरिंद इवनॆ मनॊज*

4.  *Sudarushana (Manmatha/ kAma)  abhimani devamani devata for chakra.* 

5.  *Sri Rama's brother Bharatha is Kaama*

6.  *kAma is Devategalige sEnAdhipathi*

7.  *Ratipati kAma antargata Bharati Ramana Mukhyaprana antargata bhuvarAhAya namaH is the abhimani devatha for GOPICHANDANA*

8.  *Kaama is 8th kaksha of taratamya WHO IS MANASU TATTVAABHIMANI DEVATHA.  Kaama's saadhana is huge - 40 brahma kalpa sAdhana.  20 brahma kalpa before aparoxa and 20 brahma kalpa sAdhana is After aparoxa.*

9.  *Food  ingredients-   ingu, yAlaki (cardomum), sAsve, kEsari, jeerige - Manmatha abhimani devatha*

*Ganapathi & Sanath Kumar (kaama) is present in the cloth which is put on top of the naivedya items* 

10.  *Indra, Kaama  has  25 lakShNas*

  *Paramatma, Lakshmi, brahma/vAyu has 32 lakshaNa (PUURNA PUURNA)* 

*Trina/KeeTa-  1/2 LakShaNa*

  *Kali - minus 32 lakshaNa (PUURNA NEGATIVE)*

  *Garuda, Shesha Rudra has 28 lakshanas*

  *Sri Krishna's Shanmahishiru- Jaambavati    b) Bhadra, c) Neela,  d) Kalindi,  e) Mitravinda, f) Lakshana  - 27 lakshaNas*

  *Sauparni, Vaaruni, Parvathi -  26 lakshanas*

 11.  *Kaama killed Tarakasura who is 11th in daitya taratamya and tattvAbhimani  DAITYA FOR KAARYA PRABHEDA*

12.  *Vehicle is Peacock,  (mayura)*

13.  *Kaama has 3 avataras son of Sri Krishna - Pradyumna,  son of Brahma - Sanatkumara,  son of Rudra devaru - Shanmukha*

*PRADYUMNA - was born as avatAra of kAma to shrI kRuShNa & rukmiNI. Since ParamAtma was present in him as pradyumnAMsha, the child was called 'pradyumna'. He was especially handsome and bright. He married rukmavatI and was gifted with a son called aniruddha (Shankha avatara).  Shatrugna during Ramavatara. rukmavatI is ratI dEvi.*

*SANATKUMARA - He is one among the four sons of brahma dEvaru i.e. sanaka, sanaMdana, sanasujAta, sanatkumAra. They are serious tapasvi-s. sanatkumAra was the avatAra of brahma dEvaru. He was indeed born as pradyumna to shrI kriShNa & rukmiNI.*

*SHANMUKHA - is the son of R^idra and pARvatI dEvi. Since he was born in a garden of 'darbhe' (a typical grass), he was called sharavaNabhava (sharavaNa - means darbhE). When he was a child he suckled the 6 kR^ittikAxatrAbhimAni dEvata-s. Since he sukled them at the same time he came to be known as 'ShaNmukha' or 'ShaDAnana'. He was also called sEvAni, kumara & skaMdha. He became the sEnAdhipati of the dEvata-s and killed tArakAsura.*

*षडाननं कुंकुमरक्तवर्णं महामतिं दिव्यमयूरवाहनं ।*

*रुद्रस्य सूनुं सुरसैन्यनाथं गुहं सदा शरणमहं प्रपद्यॆ॥*

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