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Entry कम्

कम्kamind.Ved. A particle used as an expletive or enclitic.
Vedic A particle used as an expletive or enclitic.
Derived forms and compounds
- कम् kam
  
  1, 1. Ā. (कामयते, कामित, चकमे-कामयाञ्चक्रे, कान्त)
  
  To love, be enmaoured of, be in love with; कन्ये काम- यमानं मां न त्वं कामयसे कथम् Kāv.1.63 (an instance of ग्राम्यता); कलहंसको मन्दारिकां कामयते Māl.1.
  
  To long for, wish, desire; न वीरसूशब्दमकामयेताम् R.14.4.; निष्क- ष्टुमर्थं चकमे कुबेरात् 5.26;4.48;1.53; Bk.14.82.
  
  To have intercourse with; त्वं च मा वरुण कामयासे Rv.1.124.5.
  
  To value highly.
In the Gita2·21

कथं स पुरुषः पार्थ कं घातयति हन्ति कम् ॥

kathaṁ sa puruṣaḥ pārtha kaṁ ghātayati hanti kam. — He who knows it as immortal eternal imperishable spiritual existence, how can that man slay, O Partha, or cause to be slain? 2·21
- कम्kamaccusative singular of the masculine form of the pronoun kim (who).
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