Kāma | "desire"

Kama

Kāma (IAST)
Translation: "desire"
From Mandukya Upanishad (Verses 5, 9)

A Concise Dictionary of Indian Philosophy
Sanskrit: काम
Transliteration: Kāma
Translation: "desire; pleasure; lust; love (from the verb root kām – “to desire”)"
Definition:

1. One of the four values of life. It is the hedonistic or the psychological value of life. 
2. The god of beauty and love. Born from the Creator’s (Brahma’s) mind.

Mundaka and Mandukya Upanishads (Swami Sharvananda)
Sanskrit: काम, कामं, कामान्
Transliteration: Kāma, Kāmaṃ, Kāmān
Translation: "desirable objects "


References:

1. Grimes, John (1996). A Concise Dictionary of Indian Philosophy: Sanskrit Terms Defined in English. Albany: State University of New York Press
2. Sharvananda, Swami (1920). Mundaka and Mandukya Upanishads: With Sanskrit Text; Paraphrase with Word-For-Word Literal Translation, English, Rendering and Comments. Mylapore, Madras: Sri Ramakrishna Math